The first farmers : the origins of agricultural societies /
Bellwood, Peter S.
The first farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2005. - xix, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index.
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.
0631205659 (hc : alk. paper) 0631205667 (alk. paper)
2004003944
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Plants, Cultivated--Origin
GN799.A4 / B45 2005
630/.9/01
The first farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2005. - xix, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index.
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.
0631205659 (hc : alk. paper) 0631205667 (alk. paper)
2004003944
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Plants, Cultivated--Origin
GN799.A4 / B45 2005
630/.9/01
