Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION. A Narrative in Tatters: What I Didn’t Know

ONE. The Domestication of Fire, Plants, Animals, and . . . Us

TWO. Landscaping the World: The Domus Complex

THREE. Zoonoses: A Perfect Epidemiological Storm

FOUR. Agro-ecology of the Early State

FIVE. Population Control: Bondage and War

SIX. Fragility of the Early State: Collapse as Disassembly

SEVEN. The Golden Age of the Barbarians

Notes

Bibliography

Index