Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory: Linking Evidence, Causes, and Effects

Ian Gilligan

doi:10.1017/9781108555883

Clothing was crucial in human evolution, and having to cope with climate change was as true in prehistory as it is today. In Climate, Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory, Ian Gilligan offers the first complete account of the development of clothing as a response to cold exposure during the ice ages. He explores how and when clothes were invented, noting that the thermal motive alone is tenable in view of the naked condition of humans. His account shows that there is considerably more archaeological evidence for palaeolithic clothes than is generally appreciated. Moreover, Gilligan posits, clothing played a leading role in major technological innovations. He demonstrates that fibre production and the advent of woven fabrics, developed in response to global warming, were pivotal to the origins of agriculture. Drawing together evidence from many disciplines, Climate Clothing, and Agriculture in Prehistory is written in a clear and engaging style, and is illustrated with nearly 100 images.

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Linking Evidence, Causes, and Effects

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Sixteen - Some Loose Ends pp 201-205

Seventeen - Enclosure and Fabrication pp 206-218

Appendix - Domesticated resources and their uses pp 219-220

Notes pp 221-256

References pp 257-298

Index pp 299-326

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Sixteen - Some Loose Ends
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Seventeen - Enclosure and Fabrication
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Appendix - Domesticated resources and their uses
pp 219-220

Notes
pp 221-256

References
pp 257-298

Index
pp 299-326