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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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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 Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8270-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778046803321
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