First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood
- Bib ID:
- 10008560
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bellwood, Peter S, author
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Description:
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- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley& Sons, Inc., 2023
- ©2023
- xxii, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781119706342 (paperback)
- 1119706343 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9781119706373 (electronic book)
- 9781119706359 (electronic book)
- Summary:
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"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.
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- 1st farmers.
- Copyright:
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