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9780817353490

The Origins of Agriculture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780817353490

  • ISBN10:

    0817353496

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-01-08
  • Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. ix
List of Tablesp. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
List of Contributorsp. xv
Preface to the New Editionp. xvii
Introductionp. 1
Prehistoric Plant Domestication in East Asiap. 7
The Origins of Plant Cultivation in the Near Eastp. 39
Indigenous African Agriculturep. 59
The Origins of Crop Agriculture in Europep. 71
Prehistoric Plant Husbandry in Eastern North Americap. 101
Earliest Plant Cultivation in the Desert Borderlands of North Americap. 121
The Origins of Agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central Americap. 143
The Origins of Plant Cultivation in South Americap. 173
Some Concluding Remarksp. 207
Indexp. 213
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