Domestication of Plants in the Old World : the origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin /
The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle tri...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle triggered the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and technological developments, and ultimately underpinned the rise of all the great civilisations of recent humanhistory. Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews and synthesises the information on the origins and domesticati. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-236) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191624254 019162425X 1280593741 9781280593741 9780191810046 0191810045 |