Documenting domestication : new genetic and archaeological paradigms / edited by Melinda A. Zeder ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeder, Melinda A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Cultivated--Genetics.

Plants, Cultivated.

Plant remains (Archaeology).

Domestic animals--Genetics.

Domestic animals.

Animal remains (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10,000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of the planet. In the last decade, significant technological and methodological advances in both molecular biology and archaeology have revolutionized the study of plant and animal domestication and are reshaping our understanding of the transition from foraging to farming, one of the major turning points in human history. This groundbreaking volume for the first time brings together leading archaeologists and biologists working on the domestication of both plants and animals to consider a wide variety of archaeological and genetic approaches to tracing the origin and dispersal of domesticates. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in this quickly changing field as well as reviews of recent findings on specific crop and livestock species in the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. Offering a unique global perspective, it explores common challenges and potential avenues for future progress in documenting domestication.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List Of Contributors

List Of Tables

List Of Figures

1. Documenting Domestication: Bringing Together Plants, Animals, Archaeology, And Genetics

2. Documenting Domesticated Plants In The Archaeological Record

3. Seed Size Increase As A Marker Of Domestication In Squash (Cucurbita Pepo)

4. A Morphological Approach To Documenting The Domestication Of Chenopodium In The Andes

5. Identifying Manioc (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) And Other Crops In Pre-Columbian Tropical America Through Starch Grain Analysis: A Case Study From Central Panama

6. Phytolith Evidence For The Early Presence Of Domesticated Banana (Musa) In Africa

7. Documenting The Presence Of Maize In Central And South America Through Phytolith Analysis Of Food Residues

8. Genetic Data And Plant Domestication

9. DNA Sequence Data And Inferences On Cassava's Origin Of Domestication

10. Relationship Between Chinese Chive (Allium Tuberosum) And Its Putative Progenitor A. Ramosum As Assessed By Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

11. Using Multiple Types Of Molecular Markers To Understand Olive Phylogeography

12. Origins Of Polyploid Crops: The Example Of The Octoploid Tuber Crop Oxalis Tuberosa

13. Archaeological Approaches To Documenting Animal Domestication

14. A Critical Assessment Of Markers Of Initial Domestication In Goats (Capra Hircus)

15. The Domestication Of The Pig (Sus Scrofa): New Challenges And Approaches

16. The Domestication Of South American Camelids: A View From The South-Central Andes

17. Early Horse Domestication On The Eurasian Steppe

18. Documenting Domestication: Reading Animal Genetic Texts

19. Genetic Analysis Of Dog Domestication

20. Origins And Diffusion Of Domestic Goats Inferred From DNA Markers: Example Analyses Of mtDNA, Y Chromosome, And Microsatellites

21. Mitochondrial DNA Diversity In Modern Sheep: Implications For Domestication

22. Genetics And Origins Of Domestic Cattle

23. Genetic Analysis Of The Origins Of Domestic South American Camelids

24. Genetic Documentation Of Horse And Donkey Domestication

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612358937

9781282358935

1282358936

9781423789659

1423789652

9780520932425

0520932420

9781601293824

1601293828

OCLC:

475990131