The emergence of agriculture
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書誌事項
The emergence of agriculture
（Scientific American library, no. 54）
Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman, c1995
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In this text, the archaeologist, Bruce Smith, explores the initial emergence and early expansion of agriculture and the transformations in human society that made it possible. He charts the course of the agricultural revolution as it occurred in the Middle East, Europe, China, Africa and the Americas, showing how basic archaeological methods and modern technologies, such as plant analysis, radiocarbon dating and DNA sampling are used to investigate this event. Although in the agricultural mind, the agricultural revolution is often seen as a one-step transition from hunter-gatherer societies to farming ones, Smith shows how truly varied were the patterns of animal and plant domestication in different parts of the world.
目次
- In search of origins
- creating new plants and animals
- new technology and the search for agricultural origins
- the fertile crescent
- Europe and Africa
- East Asia
- Middle and South America
- Eastern North America and the Southwest
- the search for explanations.
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