First farmers the origins of agricultural societies /
| Main Author: | Bellwood, Peter S. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
[2005]
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| Physical Description: |
xix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 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. 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
xix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-349) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0631205659 9780631205654 0631205667 9780631205661 |