Prehistory of Agriculture

Prehistory of Agriculture
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Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Total Pages : 319
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ISBN-10 : 9781938770876
ISBN-13 : 1938770870
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Book Synopsis Prehistory of Agriculture by : Patricia C. Anderson

Download or read book Prehistory of Agriculture written by Patricia C. Anderson and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-eight contributors to this book show how experimental and ethnographic approaches are being used to shed new light on the process of domestication, and harvesting techniques, tools and technology in the period just before and just after the appearance of agriculture. The book takes an explicitly comparative approach, with chapters on SW Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.


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