First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies

1. Verfasser: Bellwood, Peter S., 1943-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Umfang/Format: xix, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The early farming dispersal hypothesis in perspective
  • The origins and dispersals of agriculture : some operational considerations
  • The beginnings of agriculture in Southwest Asia
  • Tracking the spreads of farming beyond the Fertile Crescent : Europe and Asia
  • Africa : an independent focus of agricultural development?
  • The beginnings of agriculture in East Asia
  • The spread of agriculture into Southeast Asia and Oceania
  • Early agriculture and its spread in the Americas
  • What do language families mean for human prehistory?
  • The spread of farming : comparing the archaeology and the linguistics
  • Genetics, skeletal anthropology, and the people factor
  • The nature of early agricultural expansion.