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

• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006
• Edizione: [New ed.].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 630/.93
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Origin; Agriculture, Prehistoric; Prehistoric peoples - Food; Plant remains (Archaeology)
• Classificazione: 15.32
• Altri autori: CowanC. Wesley <1951-> WatsonPatty Jo <1932-> BencoNancy L
• Note generali: Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The origins of agriculture
• ISBN: 0-8173-8270-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778046803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II