New Discoveries and Theoretical Implications for the Last Foraging and First Farming in East Asia

Abstract

A brief summation of the issue’s articles is presented. This leads to a discussion of thematic issues of concepts, methods, and theory that crosscut the articles. These include use of the EnvCalc2.1 program, some issues of terminology, the theoretical approaches of niche construction as opposed to human behavioral ecology (HBE), and the linkage between technology and subsistence change, notably the difference between biface and microblade production.

Keywords

• East Asia
• origins of agriculture
• paleolithic to Neolithic transition