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Author:

Bellwood, Peter S.

Title:

First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood.

Publisher:

Blackwell Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xix, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Agriculture--Origin.
Agriculture, Prehistoric.
Plants, Cultivated--Origin.
Landbouw.
Agrarische maatschappij.
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Prehistorie.
Agriculture--Origines.
Agriculture préhistorique.
Plantes cultivées--Origines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index.

Contents:

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 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.

ISBN:

9780631205661 (alk. paper)
0631205667 (alk. paper)
9780631205654 (hc : alk. paper)
0631205659 (hc : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004003944

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)