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Clutton-Brock Juliet |
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Animals as domesticates [[electronic resource] ] : a world view through history / / Juliet Clutton-Brock |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-050-1 |
1-60917-314-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Domestic animals - History |
Animals and civilization |
Human-animal relationships - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword by James A. Serpell; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Eurasia after the Ice; 2. Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia; 3. Arrival of Domesticates in Europe; 4. Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins; 5. Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians; 6. Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome; 7. Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia; 8. Domesticates in Oceania; 9. Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara; 10. Domesticates in the Americas; Conclusions |
Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild ProgenitorsNotes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing on the latest research in archaeozoology, archaeology, and molecular biology, Animals as Domesticates traces the history of the domestication of animals around the world. From the llamas of South America and the turkeys of North America, to the cattle of India and the Australian dingo, this fascinating book explores the history of the complex relationships between humans and their domestic animals. With expert insight into the biological and cultural processes of domestication, Clutton-Brock suggests how the human instinct for |
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