The Origins of Agriculture: An International Perspective
C. Wesley Cowan, Patty Jo Watson, Paul Minnis, Deborah M. Pearsall, Bruce D. Smith, Robin W. Dennell, Gary W. Crawford, Jack R. Harlan, Emily McClung de Tapia, Naomi F. Miller
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. Papers include:
* Prehistoric Plant Domestication in East Asia
* The Origins of Plant Cultivation in the Near East
* Indigenous African Agriculture
* The Origins of Crop Agriculture in Europe
* Prehistoric Plant Husbandry in Eastern North America
* Earliest Plant Cultivation in the Desert Borderlands of North America
* The Origins of Agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central America
* The Origins of Plant Cultivation in South America
Rok:
2006
Wydawnictwo:
University of Alabama Press
Język:
english
Strony:
240
ISBN 10:
0817353496
ISBN 13:
9780817353490
Plik:
PDF, 14.16 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006