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UNINA9910454721503321 |
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Titolo |
The origins of agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : an international perspective / / edited by C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson ; with the assistance of Nancy L. Benco |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
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Edizione |
[[New ed.].] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CowanC. Wesley <1951-> |
WatsonPatty Jo <1932-> |
BencoNancy L |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Agriculture - Origin |
Agriculture, Prehistoric |
Prehistoric peoples - Food |
Plant remains (Archaeology) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction / C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson -- Prehistoric plant domestication in East Asia / Gary W. Crawford -- The origins of plant cultivation in the Near East / Naomi F. Miller -- Indigenous African agriculture / Jack R. Harlan -- The origins of crop agriculture in Europe / Robin W. Dennell -- Prehistoric plant husbandry in eastern North America / Bruce D. Smith -- Earliest plant cultivation in the desert borderlands of North America / Paul E. Minnis -- The origins of agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central America / Emily McClung de Tapia -- The origins of plant cultivation in South America / Deborah M. Pearsall -- Some concluding remarks / C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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