Domestication of Plants in the Old World
The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 11 January 2001
- ISBN 9780198503569
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 234x156x17 mm
- Weight 494 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftone and line illustrations, maps 0
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Short description:
The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history, with settlement in favour of the agricultural lifestyle triggering the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and new technologies. Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews the origin and spread of cultivation in south-west Asia, Europe, and north-east Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This new edition incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology
about the early cultivars; it adds material on several new crop plants; and it incorporates extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region. The reference list has been completely updated, as have the list of archaeological sites and the site maps.
Long description:
The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 10,000 years ago bands of Hunter-gatherers started to abandon their high-mobility lifestyles in favour of growing crops, and the creation of settled, sedentary communities. This settlement in favour of the agricultural lifestyle triggered the evolution of complex political and economic structures, and technological developments, and ultimately underpinned the rise of all the great civilisations of recent
human history. Domestication of Plants in the Old World reviews the origin and spread of cultivation in south-west Asia, Europe, and north-east Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This new edition incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology about the genetic relations between
domesticated plants and their wild ancestors; it adds material on several new crop plants; and it incorporates extensive new archaeological data about the spread of agriculture within the region. The reference list has been completely updated, as have the list of archaeological sites and the site maps.
From reviews of the second edition: 'This book is indeed a "mine of information". An enormous and diverse body of important results is digested and presented economically, in a form that should encourage other authors to mine it and apply the results to their own fields.' Nature
'This is an excellent book, suitable for libraries, reference shelves, and anyone who teaches or writes about plant domestication.' Journal of Ethnobiology
'Only a few years after the publication, in 1988, of Zohary and Hopf's textbook, the volume was already out of print.... One cannot be grateful enough to the authors that they seized the opportunity to update the book.... An indispensable reference work; a wealth of information is presented in a systematic way.... This already classic textbook has amply proven its value, and hardly needs further recommendation.' Helinium
A nearly complete compendium of Old World crop plants that makes the book very informative yet easy reading ... a first-rate source of knowledge on Old World crops.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants
Cereals
Pulses
Oil and fibre crops
Fruit trees and nuts
Vegetables and tubers
Condiments
Dye crops
Plant remains in representative archaeological sites
Conclusions
Chronological chart and site orientation maps
References
Index
