Against the grain [[electronic resource] ] : a deep history of the earliest states / / James C. Scott
| Against the grain [[electronic resource] ] : a deep history of the earliest states / / James C. Scott |
| Autore | Scott James C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) : 13 b-w illus |
| Disciplina | 900 |
| Collana | Yale agrarian studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Social aspects
Agriculture and state Agriculture - Origin |
| ISBN | 0-300-23168-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know -- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us -- Landscaping the world : the domus complex -- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm -- Agro-ecology of the early state -- Population control : bondage and war -- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly -- The golden age of the barbarians. |
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| New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2017 | ||
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Against the grain [[electronic resource] ] : a deep history of the earliest states / / James C. Scott
| Against the grain [[electronic resource] ] : a deep history of the earliest states / / James C. Scott |
| Autore | Scott James C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) : 13 b-w illus |
| Disciplina | 900 |
| Collana | Yale agrarian studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Social aspects
Agriculture and state Agriculture - Origin |
| ISBN | 0-300-23168-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know -- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us -- Landscaping the world : the domus complex -- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm -- Agro-ecology of the early state -- Population control : bondage and war -- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly -- The golden age of the barbarians. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819977703321 |
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| New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2017 | ||
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The agricultural revolution in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker
| The agricultural revolution in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker |
| Autore | Barker Graeme |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630.93 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Agriculture - Origin Plants, Cultivated - Origin Plant remains (Archaeology) Hunting and gathering societies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-191765-6
1-282-23500-1 9786612235009 0-19-155766-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Approaches to the Origins of Agriculture; 2. Understanding Foragers; 3. Identifying Foragers and Farmers; 4. The 'Hearth of Domestication'? Transitions to Farming in South-West Asia; 5. Central and South Asia: the Wheat/Rice Frontier; 6. Rice and Forest Farming in East and South-East Asia; 7. Weed, Tuber, and Maize Farming in the Americas; 8. Africa: Afro-Asiatic Pastoralists and Bantu Farmers?; 9. Transitions to Farming in Europe: Ex Oriente Lux?; 10. The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers?
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The agricultural revolution in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker
| The agricultural revolution in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker |
| Autore | Barker Graeme |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630.93 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Agriculture - Origin Plants, Cultivated - Origin Plant remains (Archaeology) Hunting and gathering societies |
| ISBN |
0-19-191765-6
1-282-23500-1 9786612235009 0-19-155766-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Approaches to the Origins of Agriculture; 2. Understanding Foragers; 3. Identifying Foragers and Farmers; 4. The 'Hearth of Domestication'? Transitions to Farming in South-West Asia; 5. Central and South Asia: the Wheat/Rice Frontier; 6. Rice and Forest Farming in East and South-East Asia; 7. Weed, Tuber, and Maize Farming in the Americas; 8. Africa: Afro-Asiatic Pastoralists and Bantu Farmers?; 9. Transitions to Farming in Europe: Ex Oriente Lux?; 10. The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers?
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The agricultural revolution in prehistory : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker
| The agricultural revolution in prehistory : why did foragers become farmers? / / Graeme Barker |
| Autore | Barker Graeme |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
| Disciplina | 630.93 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Agriculture - Origin Plants, Cultivated - Origin Plant remains (Archaeology) Hunting and gathering societies |
| ISBN |
9786612235009
9780191917653 0191917656 9781282235007 1282235001 9780191557668 0191557668 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Approaches to the Origins of Agriculture; 2. Understanding Foragers; 3. Identifying Foragers and Farmers; 4. The 'Hearth of Domestication'? Transitions to Farming in South-West Asia; 5. Central and South Asia: the Wheat/Rice Frontier; 6. Rice and Forest Farming in East and South-East Asia; 7. Weed, Tuber, and Maize Farming in the Americas; 8. Africa: Afro-Asiatic Pastoralists and Bantu Farmers?; 9. Transitions to Farming in Europe: Ex Oriente Lux?; 10. The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why did Foragers become Farmers?
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-75943-4
9786612759437 0-520-93245-5 1-59875-917-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450208003321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
andes animal domestication arabia archaeology arizona cumberland domestic animals early civilization ecology environment food production foraging fremont hbe highlands history human behavior human behavioral ecology hunting and gathering indigenous culture indigenous people land use madagascar maize mikea neotropics new guinea nonfiction oceania pacific coast plant domestication rain barrier science valencia wild animals |
| ISBN |
1-282-75943-4
9786612759437 0-520-93245-5 1-59875-917-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669803321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture / / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder
| Behavioral ecology and the transition to agriculture / / edited by Douglas J. Kennett, Bruce Winterhalder |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KennettDouglas J
WinterhalderBruce |
| Collana | Origins of Human Behavior and Culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric Human behavior Human ecology Human evolution |
| ISBN |
9786612759437
9781282759435 1282759434 9780520932456 0520932455 9781598759174 1598759175 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Behavioral Ecology and the Transition from Hunting and Gathering to Agriculture -- 2. A Future Discounting Explanation for the Persistence of a Mixed Foraging-Horticulture Strategy among the Mikea of Madagascar -- 3. Central Place Foraging and Food Production on the Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Kentucky -- 4. Aspects of Optimization and Risk During the Early Agricultural Period in Southeastern Arizona -- 5. A Formal Model for Predicting Agriculture among the Fremont -- 6. An Ecological Model for the Origins of Maize-Based Food Production on the Pacific Coast of Southern Mexico -- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics -- 8. Costly Signaling, the Sexual Division of Labor, and Animal Domestication in the Andean Highlands -- 9. Human Behavioral Ecology, Domestic Animals, and Land Use during the Transition to Agriculture in Valencia, Eastern Spain -- 10. Breaking the Rain Barrier and the Tropical Spread of Near Eastern Agriculture into Southern Arabia -- 11. The Emergence of Agriculture in New Guinea -- 12. The Ideal Free Distribution, Food Production, and the Colonization of Oceania -- 13. Human Behavioral Ecology and the Transition to Food Production -- 14. Agriculture, Archaeology, and Human Behavioral Ecology -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911098517603321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The convergent evolution of agriculture in humans and insects / / edited by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, and Peter N. Peregrine
| The convergent evolution of agriculture in humans and insects / / edited by Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, and Peter N. Peregrine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (371 pages) |
| Disciplina | 630.9 |
| Collana | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Origin
Domestication Insect rearing Beneficial insects - Evolution Crops - Evolution |
| ISBN |
9780262367578
0262367572 9780262367561 0262367564 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Bilaterian Animals: An Adaptive Landscape Perspective / George R. McGhee -- The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture: A Systematic Comparative Analysis / Peter N. Peregrine -- If Group Selection is Weak, What Can Agriculture Learn from Fungus-Farming Insects? / R. Ford Denison -- The Sociobiology of Domestication / Duur K. Aanen and Niels P.R. Anten -- Lifetime Commitment between Social Insect Families and their Fungal Cultivars Complicates Comparisons with Human Farming / Jacobus J. Boomsma -- Fungus-Growing Termites: An Eco-Evolutionary Perspective / Judith Korb -- Mycangia Define the Diverse Ambrosia Beetle-Fungus Symbioses / Chase G. Mayers, Thomas C. Harrington, Peter H.W. Biedermann -- Agricultural and proto-agricultural symbioses in ants / Ana Ješovnik and Ted R. Schultz -- Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of Agriculture: Plant Farming by Ants / Guillaume Chomicki -- Coevolution in the Arable Battlefield: Pathways to Crop Domestication, Cultural Practices and Parasitic Domesticoids / Dorian Q. Fuller and Tim Denham -- Convergent Adaptation and Specialization of Eukaryotic Pathogens across Agricultural Systems / Nicole Gerardo -- Evaluating Potential Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Phenotypic Change in the Human Skeleton over the Agricultural Transition / Lumila P. Menéndez and Laura T. Buck -- Hammond's Law: A Mechanism Governing the Development and Evolution of Form in Domesticated Organisms / Richard Gawne and Kenneth Z. McKenna -- The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Fungus-Farming Ants / Ted R. Schultz. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911114801203321 |
| Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture / / edited by Ron Pinhasi, Jay T. Stock
| Human bioarchaeology of the transition to agriculture / / edited by Ron Pinhasi, Jay T. Stock |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
| Disciplina | 930.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Human remains (Archaeology)
Agriculture - Origin |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-119-95668-4
1-283-17500-2 9786613175007 0-470-67018-5 0-470-67017-7 |
| Classificazione | 6,11 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Human Bioarchaeology of the Transition to Agriculture; Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction: Changing Paradigms in Our Understanding of the Transition to Agriculture: Human Bioarchaeology, Behaviour and Adaptation; SECTION A: Subsistence Transitions; SECTION B: Growth and Body Size Variation; SECTION C: Biomechanics and Indicators of Habitual Activity; SECTION D: Archaeogenetics, Palaeodemography, Cranial and Dental Morphology; Index; Colour Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910133601103321 |
| Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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