The emergence of agriculture

The emergence of agriculture / Bruce D. Smith.

In The Emergence of Agriculture, well-known archaeologist Bruce Smith explores the initial emergence and early expansion of agriculture, and the transformations in human society that it made possible.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Bruce D. (Bruce David), 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman, ©1995.
Series:Scientific American Library series ; no. 54.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Origin.
Agriculture, Prehistoric.
Plants, Cultivated > Origin.
Domestic animals > Origin.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Paleoethnobotany.
Table of Contents:
  • In search of origins
  • Creating new plants and animals
  • New technology and the search for agricultural origins
  • The Fertile Crescent
  • Europe and Africa
  • Middle and South America
  • Eastern North America and the Southwest.

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