Domestication of plants in the Old World : the origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin
Daniel Zohary (Author), Maria Hopf (Author), Ehud Weiss (Author)
"The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 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 settlement in favour of the 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 human history." "Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews the origin and spread of cultivation in south-west Asia, Europe, and north-east Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This new edition incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology about the genetic relations between domesticated plants and their wild ancestors; it adds material on several new crop plants; and it incorporates extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region. The reference list has been completely updated, as have the list of archaeological sites and the site maps"--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2013
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History
1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
9780199688173, 9780199549061, 0199688176, 0199549060
858608265
1: Current state of the art
2: Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of domesticated plants
3: Cereals
4: Pulses
5: Oil and fibre producing crops
6: Fruit trees and nuts
7: Vegetables and tubers
8: Condiments
9: Dye crops
10: Plant remains in representative archaeological sites
Appendix A: Site orientation maps
Appendix B: Chronological chart for the main geographical regions mentioned in the book
This edition originally published: 2012