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First Farmers - The Origins of Agricultural Societies (Paperback)
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First Farmers - The Origins of Agricultural Societies (Paperback)
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A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the origins and
histories of the first agricultural populations in many different
parts of the world This fully revised and updated second edition of
First Farmers examines the origins of food production across the
world and documents the expansions of agricultural populations from
source regions during the past 12,000 years. It commences with the
archaeological records from the multiple homelands of agriculture,
and extends into discussions that draw on linguistic and genomic
information about the human past, featuring new findings from the
last ten years of research. Through twelve chapters, the text
examines the latest evidence and leading theories surrounding the
early development of agricultural practices through data drawn from
across the anthropological discipline--primarily archaeology,
comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology--to present a
cohesive history of early farmer migration. Founded on the author's
insights from his research into the agricultural prehistory of East
and Southeast Asia--one of the best focus areas for the teaching of
prehistoric archaeology--this book offers an engaging account of
how prehistoric humans settled new landscapes. The second edition
has been thoroughly updated with many new maps and illustrations
that reflect the multidisciplinary knowledge of the present day.
Authored by a leading scholar with wide-ranging experience across
the fields of anthropology and archaeology, First Farmers, Second
Edition includes information on: The early farming dispersal
hypothesis in current perspective, plus operational considerations
regarding the origins and dispersals of agriculture The
archaeological evidence for the origins and spreads of agriculture
in the Eurasian, African and American continents The histories of
the language families that spread with the first farming
populations, and the evidence from biological anthropology and
ancient DNA that underpins our modern knowledge of these migrations
Drawing evidence from across the sub-disciplines of anthropology to
present a cohesive and exciting analysis of an important subject in
the study of human population history, Farmers First, Second
Edition is an important work of scholarship and an excellent
introduction to multiple methods of anthropological and
archaeological inquiry for the beginner student in prehistoric
anthropology and archaeology, human migration, archaeology of East
and Southeast Asia, agricultural history, comparative anthropology,
and more disciplines across the anthropology curriculum.
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