First farmers : The origins of agricultural societies
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Malden, MA :
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Blackwell Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 360 p. : illus, tables, diagrs, maps; 25 cm
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes references (p. 292-349) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.