The origins of agriculture : an international perspective / edited by C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson ; with the assistance of Nancy L. Benco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cowan, C. Wesley, 1951-

Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-

Benco, Nancy L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Origin--Congresses.

Agriculture.

Agriculture, Prehistoric--Congresses.

Agriculture, Prehistoric.

Prehistoric peoples--Food--Congresses.

Prehistoric peoples.

Plant remains (Archaeology)--Congresses.

Plant remains (Archaeology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

[New ed.].

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8270-4

OCLC:

471131070