Books+ Search Results
First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies
Author
Title
First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood.
ISBN
9781119706342
1119706343
9781119706373
9781119706359
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley& Sons, Inc., 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
xxii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Summary
"In this second edition of 'First Farmers : The Origins of Agricultural Societies', leading scholar Peter Bellwood delivers an expert examination of the origins of food production across the globe and reconstructs the migratory expansions of agricultural populations from 12,000 years ago to the colonial era. Relying not just on the archaeological record, but also on linguistic and genomic data, especially new findings from the last ten years of research, Bellwood explores the latest evidence and theories surrounding the early development of agricultural practices in the Eurasian, African, and American continents. From the early farming dispersal hypothesis to an in-depth look at multiple foci of agricultural development, the new edition includes unprecedented information relevant to contemporary researchers and many new maps and illustrations. 'First Farmers : The Origins of Agricultural Societies, Second Edition' is an essential work of scholarship and an excellent introduction to multiple methods of anthropological and archaeological inquiry for the beginner students in prehistoric anthropology and archaeology, human migration, agricultural history, comparative anthropology, and more disciplines across the anthropology curriculum."--taken from back cover.
Variant and related titles
1st farmers.
Other formats
Online version: Bellwood, Peter S. First farmers Second edition. Hoboken : Wiley Blackwell, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 04, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
List of figures
Preface to the first edition of 'First Farmers' (2005)
Preface to the second edition of 'First Farmers' (2023)
Chapter 1. The early farming dispersal hypothesis in perspective
Chapter 2. The origins and dispersals of food production
Chapter 3. The beginnings of food production in the Fertile Crescent
Chapter 4. The spreads of food production beyond the Fertile Crescent : Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia
Chapter 5. Africa : Multiple routes into food production
Chapter 6. The beginnings of agriculture in East Asia
Chapter 7. The dispersals of food producers into Southeast Asia and Oceania
Chapter 8. Early agriculture in the Americas
Chapter 9. What do language families mean for human prehistory?
Chapter 10. The profound impact of the Fertile Crescent
Chapter 11. Asia, Oceania, Africa, The Americas
Chapter 12. The early farming dispersal hypothesis : Two decades later
Index.
Subjects
Bookmark As
Citation
