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Plant domestication and the origins of the agricaulture in the ancient Near East
Biyut ha-tsemahÌ£Ì£im u-reshit ha-hÌ£Ì£akÌ£la'ut ba-MizrahÌ£ ha-KÌ£arov. English
Chapter 1. -- What Is the Agricultural Revolution? -- Chapter 2. -- From hunters-gatherers to farmers in the Near East: archaeological background -- Chapter 3. -- Models that describe and explain the agricultural revolution, including plant domestication -- Chapter 4. -- The plant formations of the Fertile Crescent and the wild progenitors of the domesticated founder crops -- Chapter 5. -- The difference between wild and domesticated plants -- Chapter 6. -- Traditional versus modern agriculture: stability vs. maximization -- Chapter 7. -- The differences between plant domestication and crop evolution under traditional and modern farming systems -- Chapter 8. -- The differences between cereal and legume crops in the Near East -- Chapter 9. -- The choice of plant species for domestication: agronomic and dietary considerations -- Chapter 10. -- Where and when did near eastern plant domestication occur? -- Chapter 11. -- Domestication of fruit trees in the Near East -- Chapter 12. -- Plant evolution under domestication -- Chapter 13. -- A global view of plant domestication in other world regions: Asia, Africa and America -- Chapter 14. -- Animal domestication in the Near East by Gila Kahila Bar-Gal -- Chapter 15. -- Plant domestication and early Near Eastern agriculture: summary and conclusions.
Shahal Abbo and Avi Gopher, with a contribution from Gila Kahila Bar-Gal ; translated by Halo (Hilla) Ben Asher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins of plant domestication in the ancient Near East
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022