| Description |
xix, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index. |
| Contents |
The early farming dispersal hypothesis in perspective -- The origins and dispersals of agriculture : some operational considerations -- The beginnings of agriculture in Southwest Asia -- Tracking the spreads of farming beyond the Fertile Crescent : Europe and Asia -- Africa : an independent focus of agricultural development? -- The beginnings of agriculture in East Asia -- The spread of agriculture into Southeast Asia and Oceania -- Early agriculture and its spread in the Americas -- What do language families mean for human prehistory? -- The spread of farming : comparing the archaeology and the linguistics -- Genetics, skeletal anthropology, and the people factor -- The nature of early agricultural expansion. |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Origin.
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Agriculture, Prehistoric.
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Plants, Cultivated -- Origin.
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| ISBN |
0631205667 (alk. paper) |
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0631205659 (hc : alk. paper) |
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