The Origins of Agriculture

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.

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xv
Preface to the New Edition	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Prehistoric Plant Domestication in East Asia	p. 7
The Origins of Plant Cultivation in the Near East	p. 39
Indigenous African Agriculture	p. 59
The Origins of Crop Agriculture in Europe	p. 71
Prehistoric Plant Husbandry in Eastern North America	p. 101
Earliest Plant Cultivation in the Desert Borderlands of North America	p. 121
The Origins of Agriculture in Mesoamerica and Central America	p. 143
The Origins of Plant Cultivation in South America	p. 173
Some Concluding Remarks	p. 207
Index	p. 213
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