Prehistoric Agriculture
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Prehistoric Agriculture
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Author : Stuart Struever
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Prehistoric Agriculture written by Stuart Struever and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Agriculture categories.
Last Hunters First Farmers
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Author : Theron Douglas Price
language : en
Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
Release Date : 1995
Last Hunters First Farmers written by Theron Douglas Price and has been published by School for Advanced Research Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Agricultura categories.
During virtually the entire four-million-year history of our habitation on this planet, humans have been hunters and gatherers, dependent for nourishment on the availability of wild plants and animals. Beginning about 10,000 years ago, however, the most remarkable phenomenon in the course of human prehistory was set in motion. At locations around the world, over a period of about 5,000 years, hunters became farmers. Far more than the domestication of plant and animal species was involved in this revolution, which was accompanied by massive changes in the structure and organization of the societies that adopted agriculture and by a totally new relationship with the environment. Whereas hunter-gatherers live off the land in an extensive fashion, exploiting a diversity of resources over a broad area, farmers utilize the landscape intensively. The implications of these changes in human activity and social organization reverberate down to the present day.
Prehistoric Farming In Europe
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Author : Graeme Barker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1985-07-11
Prehistoric Farming In Europe written by Graeme Barker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-07-11 with Social Science categories.
Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a masterly account of prehistoric farming in Europe on a unique scale. He makes use of modern archaeological techniques to reconstruct the lives of prehistoric farmers in remarkable detail. Not only do we now have a vivid picture of the prehistoric farmyard, but we know what animals were kept, how they were fed and why they were bred. Evidence for crops grown and techniques of cultivation and husbandry helps recreate the prehistoric landscape. Even the social organisation that determined the use of resources, and provided the crucial stimulus for agricultural change, can be relived. Graeme Barker develops his argument through analogies with the agricultural history of classical and medieval Europe and concludes that today's industrial farmers can learn much from the successes and failures of early European farming.
Prehistoric Agriculture In Eastern Middle Sweden
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Author : Stig Welinder
language : en
Publisher: Liberlaromedel
Release Date : 1975
Prehistoric Agriculture In Eastern Middle Sweden written by Stig Welinder and has been published by Liberlaromedel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Social Science categories.
The Agricultural Revolution In Prehistory
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Author : Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Graeme Barker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-05
The Agricultural Revolution In Prehistory written by Disney Professor of Archaeology and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Graeme Barker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-05 with History categories.
This book addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from foraging (hunting and gathering) to farming. Ten thousand years ago there were few if any communities whom we can properly call farmers; five thousand years later, large numbers of the world's population were farmers, using a wide variety of crops and animals in different combinations in different regions. The possible reasons for the transition have long been one of the most controversial topics in archaeology, and continue to be so. The author integrates a massive array of information from archaeology (including archaeological approaches right across the humanities and science spectrum), together with many other disciplines including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, he develops a strong case for the parallel development of geographically specific agricultural systems in many areas of the world, transformations in the lifeways of forager societies that in some cases have origins reaching much further back in time that commonly suggested. He argues that the change from foraging to farming was as much about foragers developing new ways of thinking about their relationship to the world they inhabited as about new ways of obtaining food.
Ancient Agriculture
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Author : Michael Woods
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Ancient Agriculture written by Michael Woods and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses agricultural technology in various cultures from the Stone Age to 476 A.D., including China, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and Greece.
Plough And Pasture The Early History Of Farming
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Author : Eliot Cecil Curwen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Plough And Pasture The Early History Of Farming written by Eliot Cecil Curwen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Agriculture categories.
A Companion To Ancient Agriculture
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Author : David Hollander
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-11-10
A Companion To Ancient Agriculture written by David Hollander and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-10 with History categories.
The first book-length overview of agricultural development in the ancient world A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is an authoritative overview of the history and development of agriculture in the ancient world. Focusing primarily on the Near East and Mediterranean regions, this unique text explores the cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals through centuries of human civilization—from the Neolithic beginnings of agriculture to Late Antiquity. Chapters written by the leading scholars in their fields present a multidisciplinary examination of the agricultural methods and influences that have enabled humans to survive and prosper. Consisting of thirty-one chapters, the Companion presents essays on a range of topics that include economic-political, anthropological, zooarchaeological, ethnobotanical, and archaeobotanical investigation of ancient agriculture. Chronologically-organized chapters offer in-depth discussions of agriculture in Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia, Hellenistic Greece and Imperial Rome, Iran and Central Asia, and other regions. Sections on comparative agricultural history discuss agriculture in the Indian subcontinent and prehistoric China while an insightful concluding section helps readers understand ancient agriculture from a modern perspective. Fills the need for a full-length biophysical and social overview of ancient agriculture Provides clear accounts of the current state of research written by experts in their respective areas Places ancient Mediterranean agriculture in conversation with contemporary practice in Eastern and Southern Asia Includes coverage of analysis of stable isotopes in ancient agricultural cultivation Offers plentiful illustrations, references, case studies, and further reading suggestions A Companion to Ancient Agriculture is a much-needed resource for advanced students, instructors, scholars, and researchers in fields such as agricultural history, ancient economics, and in broader disciplines including classics, archaeology, and ancient history.
The Origins Of Agriculture
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Author : C. Wesley Cowan
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2006-05-18
The Origins Of Agriculture written by C. Wesley Cowan and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-18 with Social Science categories.
The eight case studies in this book -- each a synthesis of available knowledge about the origins of agriculture in a specific region of the globe -- enable scholars in diverse disciplines to examine humanity's transition to agricultural societies. Contributors include: Gary W. Crawford, Robin W. Dennell, and Jack R. Harlan.
First Farmers
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Author : Peter Bellwood
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2004-11-30
First Farmers written by Peter Bellwood and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-30 with Social Science categories.
First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years Examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture Focuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and the northern Andes Covers the origins and dispersals of major language families such as Indo-European, Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo and Uto-Aztecan