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Domestication of Plants in the Old World - The origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)
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Domestication of Plants in the Old World - The origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)
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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 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 and synthesises the information on the
origins and domestication of cultivated plants in the Old World,
and subsequently the spread of cultivation from southwest Asia into
Asia, Europe, and North Africa, from the very earliest beginnings.
This book is mainly based on detailed consideration of two lines of
evidences: the plant remains found at archaeological sites, and the
knowledge that has accumulated about the present-day wild relatives
of domesticated plants. This new edition revises and updates
previous data and incorporates the most recent findings from
molecular biology about the genetic relations between domesticated
plants and their wild ancestors, and 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. This is an
advanced, research level text suitable for graduate level students
and researchers in the fields of crop science, agriculture,
archaeology, botanical archaeology, and plant biotechnology. It
will also be of relevance and use to agricultural historians and
anyone with a wider interest in the rise of civilisation in this
region.
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