Domestication of plants in the Old World : the origin and spread of domesticated plants in south-west Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin /

The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle tri...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Zohary, Daniel
Weitere Verfasser:
Hopf, Maria, Weiss, Ehud
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Ausgabe:
4th ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 years ago bands of hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This shift into an agricultural lifestyle triggered the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and technological developments, and ultimately underpinned the rise of all the great civilisations of recent humanhistory.Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews and synthesises the information on the origins and domesticati
Umfang:
1 online resource (269 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Previous ed.: 1999.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181004-5
1-280-59374-1
9786613623577
0-19-162425-X
Schlagworte:
Agriculture, Prehistoric.
Plants, Cultivated > History.
Plants, Cultivated > Origin.
Agricultura prehistòrica
Conreus.
Plantes conreades.
Horticultura
Neolític
Llibres electrònics
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