Prehistoric Transitions to Agriculture: New Overviews The Neolithic Revolution in the Near East: Transforming the Human Landscape, by Alan H. Simmons, 2007. Tucson (AZ): University of Arizona Press; ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-2442-6 hardback £34.99 & US$55; xviii+339 pp., 31 figs., 6 tables The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers, by Graeme Barker, 2006; Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-928109-1 hardback £88 & US$180; xvi+598 pp., 138 figs., 15 tables The Emergence of Agriculture: a Global View, edited by Tim Denham & Peter White, 2007. London: Routledge; ISBN-13: 978-0-415-40445-2 paperback £21.99 & US$39.95; xii+276 pp., 30 figs., 11 tables