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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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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| 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) | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Classificazione: | 15.32 |
| Altri autori: |
CowanC. Wesley <1951->
WatsonPatty Jo <1932->
BencoNancy L
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| 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.: | 9910454721503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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