Phébé – How fishing fed civilization

Dumerous historians have underlined the importance of the Neolithic revolution, that is to say the invention of agriculture, accompanied by the sedentarization of the populations who until then lived by hunting and gathering. But we seem to have forgotten the importance of fisheries resources in our history. We have to recognize with Brian Fagan that the world of fishing has long been neglected by historiography, which has privileged rurality, industrial production and major commercial exchanges. This marginalization largely results from the fact that the world of fishing is made up of small human communities and societies that are difficult to understand. The maritime world is also one of various productions that are difficult to assess and techniques…