03045nam 22006374a 450 991081383000332120200520144314.00-8173-8270-4(CKB)1000000000774926(EBL)454498(OCoLC)471131070(SSID)ssj0000216425(PQKBManifestationID)11222310(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216425(PQKBWorkID)10198124(PQKB)11584804(MdBmJHUP)muse9268(Au-PeEL)EBL454498(CaPaEBR)ebr10309857(MiAaPQ)EBC454498(EXLCZ)99100000000077492620051201e20061992 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe origins of agriculture an international perspective /edited by C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson ; with the assistance of Nancy L. Benco[New ed.].Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (244 p.)Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992.0-8173-5349-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. 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. AgricultureOriginCongressesAgriculture, PrehistoricCongressesPrehistoric peoplesFoodCongressesPlant remains (Archaeology)CongressesAgricultureOriginAgriculture, PrehistoricPrehistoric peoplesFoodPlant remains (Archaeology)630/.9315.32bclCowan C. Wesley1951-1595715Watson Patty Jo1932-1688539Benco Nancy L662535MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813830003321The origins of agriculture4062857UNINA