| Edition |
[New ed.]. |
| Description |
xvii, 224 p. : ill., maps. |
| Note |
Originally published: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Origin -- Congresses.
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Agriculture, Prehistoric -- Congresses.
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Prehistoric peoples -- Food -- Congresses.
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Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cowan, C. Wesley, 1951-
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Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-
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Benco, Nancy L.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0817353496 |
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9780817353490 |
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