Plant domestication and the origins of the agricaulture in the ancient Near East /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Abbo, Shahal (Author), Gopher, Avi (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Other Authors:	Bar-Gal, Gila Kahila (Contributor), Ben Asher, Halo (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Edition:	[First edition].
Subjects:	Ethnobotany > Middle East. Agriculture, Prehistoric > Middle East. Agriculture, Prehistoric. Ethnobotany. Middle East. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.