Format:
Online-Ressource (244 p.)
ISBN:
9780817353490
Content:
The eight case studies in this book -- each a synthesis of available knowledge about the origins of agriculture in a specific region of the globe -- enable scholars in diverse disciplines to examine humanity's transition to agricultural societies. Contributors include: Gary W. Crawford, Robin W. Dennell, and Jack R. Harlan
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Preface to the New Edition; 1 Introduction; 2 Prehistoric Plant Domestication in East Asia; 3 The Origins of Plant Cultivation in the Near East; 4 Indigenous African Agriculture; 5 The Origins of Crop Agriculture in Europe; 6 Prehistoric Plant Husbandry in Eastern North America; 7 Earliest Plant Cultivation in the Desert Borderlands of North America; 8 The Origins of Agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central America; 9 The Origins of Plant Cultivation in South America; 10 Some Concluding Remarks; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817382704
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817353490
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Origins of Agriculture : An International Perspective
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
