The emergence of agriculture
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The emergence of agriculture
（Scientific American Library paperback, no. 54）
Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-218) and index
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Description
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 the patterns of animal and plant domestication were in different parts of the world.
Table of Contents
- 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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