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catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b11340736.
catalog contributor b11340737.
catalog created "2000.".
catalog date "2000".
catalog date "2000.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
catalog 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."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-305) and index.".
catalog description "Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants -- Archaeological evidence -- Evidence from the living plants -- Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology -- Cereals -- Wheats: Triticum -- Einkorn wheat: Triticum monococcum -- Emmer and durum-type wheats: Triticum turgidum -- Bread wheat: Triticum aestivum -- Timopheev's wheat: Triticum timopheevi -- Barley: Hordeum vulgare -- Rye: Secale cereale -- Common oat: Avena sativa -- Broomcorn millet: Panicum miliaceum -- Foxtail millet: Setaria italica -- Latecomers: sorghum and rice -- Pulses -- Lentil: Lens culinaris -- Pea: Pisum sativum -- Chickpea: Cicer arietinum -- Faba bean: Vicia faba -- Bitter vetch: Vicia ervilia -- Common vetch: Vicia sativa -- Grass pea: Lathyrus sativus -- Spanish vechling: Lathyrus clymenum -- Fenugreek: Trigonella foenum-graecum -- Lupins: Lupinus -- Oil and fibre crops -- Flax: Linum usitatissimum -- Hemp: Cannabis sativa -- Old World cottons: Gossypium arboreum and G. herbaceum -- Poppy: Papaver somniferum -- Gold of pleasure: Camelina sativa -- Other cruciferous oil crops -- Sesame: Sesamum indicum -- Fruit trees and nuts -- Olive: Olea europaea -- Grape vine: Vitis vinifera -- Fig: Ficus carica -- Sycamore fig: Ficus sycomorus -- Date palm: Phoenix dactylifera -- Pomegranate: Punica granatum -- Apple: Malus pumila -- Pear: Pyrus communis -- Plum: Prunus domestica -- Cherries: Prunus avium and P. cerasus -- Latecomers: apricot, peach, and quince -- Carob: Ceratonia siliqua -- Citrus fruits -- Almond: Amygdalus communis.".
catalog extent "xi, 316 p. :".
catalog identifier "0198503563 (pbk.)".
catalog identifier "0198503571 (HBK)".
catalog issued "2000".
catalog issued "2000.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
catalog subject "630.93 21".
catalog subject "631.5/2 21".
catalog subject "Agriculture, Prehistoric.".
catalog subject "GN799.A4 Z64 2000".
catalog subject "Plants, Cultivated History.".
catalog tableOfContents "Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants -- Archaeological evidence -- Evidence from the living plants -- Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology -- Cereals -- Wheats: Triticum -- Einkorn wheat: Triticum monococcum -- Emmer and durum-type wheats: Triticum turgidum -- Bread wheat: Triticum aestivum -- Timopheev's wheat: Triticum timopheevi -- Barley: Hordeum vulgare -- Rye: Secale cereale -- Common oat: Avena sativa -- Broomcorn millet: Panicum miliaceum -- Foxtail millet: Setaria italica -- Latecomers: sorghum and rice -- Pulses -- Lentil: Lens culinaris -- Pea: Pisum sativum -- Chickpea: Cicer arietinum -- Faba bean: Vicia faba -- Bitter vetch: Vicia ervilia -- Common vetch: Vicia sativa -- Grass pea: Lathyrus sativus -- Spanish vechling: Lathyrus clymenum -- Fenugreek: Trigonella foenum-graecum -- Lupins: Lupinus -- Oil and fibre crops -- Flax: Linum usitatissimum -- Hemp: Cannabis sativa -- Old World cottons: Gossypium arboreum and G. herbaceum -- Poppy: Papaver somniferum -- Gold of pleasure: Camelina sativa -- Other cruciferous oil crops -- Sesame: Sesamum indicum -- Fruit trees and nuts -- Olive: Olea europaea -- Grape vine: Vitis vinifera -- Fig: Ficus carica -- Sycamore fig: Ficus sycomorus -- Date palm: Phoenix dactylifera -- Pomegranate: Punica granatum -- Apple: Malus pumila -- Pear: Pyrus communis -- Plum: Prunus domestica -- Cherries: Prunus avium and P. cerasus -- Latecomers: apricot, peach, and quince -- Carob: Ceratonia siliqua -- Citrus fruits -- Almond: Amygdalus communis.".
catalog title "Domestication of plants in the old world : the origin and spread of cultivated plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley / Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".