Origins of agriculture /
Origins of agriculture /
ed. Charles A. Reed.
- The Hague : Mouton, 1977.
- xvi, 1013 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- World anthropology. .
Papers prepared for the 9th. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973. "Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, Chicago."
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Introduction -- Section One. General Principles -- The Origins Of Agriculture : Prologue / by Charles A. Reed -- The Earliest Farming : Demography As Cause And Consequence / by Bennet Bronson -- The Concept Of Environmental Determinism In Cultural Evolution / by Philip L. Wagner -- Section Two. Worldwide Concepts -- Cultural Evolution In The Old World And The New, Leading To The Beginnings And Spread Of Agriculture / by Joseph R. Caldwell -- A Hypothesis Suggesting A Single Origin Of Agriculture / by George F. Carter -- Population Pressure And The Origins Of Agriculture : An Archaeological Example From The Coast Of Peru / byMark N Cohen -- Alternative Pathways Toward Agriculture / by David R. Harris -- Zoological Considerations On The Origins Of Farming And Domestication / by Wolf Herre and Manfred Röhrs -- Environmental Change And The Origin Of Agriculture In The Old And New Worlds / by Herberts E.Wright, Jr. -- Section Three. The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The Old World -- A Priori Models And Thai Prehistory : A Reconsideration Of The Beginnings Of Agriculture In Southeastern Asia / by Chester Gorman -- The Origins Of Cereal Agriculture In The Old World / by Jack R. Harlan -- Economic Change In Prehistoric Thailand / by Charles F. W. Higham -- The Indigenous Origins Of Chinese Agriculture / by Ping-ti Ho -- Pre-Agricultural Tools For The Preparation Of Foods In The Old World / by Nancy Kraybill -- Man, Domestication, And Culture In Southwestern Asia / by Charles A. Reed -- A Model For The Origin Of Agriculture In The Near East / by Charles A. Reed -- Changing Economy In Ancient India / by Vishnu-Mittre -- The Dynamics Of Agricultural Origins In Palestine : A Theoretical Model / by Fekri A. Hassan -- Abstract : The Cultural Processes Leading To The Origins Of Agriculture In The Ancient Near East / by Jean Perrot -- Section Four. The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The New World -- The Origins Of Zea Mays / by George W. Beadle -- Why Didn't the American Indians Domesticate Sheep? / by Christopher Carr -- The Metate : An Early Grain-Grinding Implement In The New World / by George F. Carter -- Our Father The Cayman, Our Mother The Gourd : Spinden Revisited, Or A Unitary Model for the Emergence of Agriculture in the New World / Donald W. Lathrap -- The Beginning Of Agriculture In Central Peru / by Richard S. MacNeish -- Origins And Distribution Of Plants Domesticated In The New World Tropics / by Barbara Pickersgill and Charles B. Heiser, Jr. -- Animal Domestication In the Andes / by Elizabeth S. Wing -- Native Plant Husbandry North of Mexico / by Richard A. Yarnell -- Section Five. Conclusions -- Origins of Agriculture : Discussion And Some Conclusions / by Charles A. Reed -- Section Six. Appendix -- A Radiocarbon Chronology Relevant To The Origins Of Agriculture / by Adina Kabaker.
9027979197 0202900436
Traditional farming--Congresses.
Agriculture--Origin--Congresses.
Prehistoric peoples--Congresses.
Agriculture, Prehistoric --Congresses.
Food supply--History--Congresses.
GN799.A4 / O75 1977
Papers prepared for the 9th. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973. "Distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine, Chicago."
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Introduction -- Section One. General Principles -- The Origins Of Agriculture : Prologue / by Charles A. Reed -- The Earliest Farming : Demography As Cause And Consequence / by Bennet Bronson -- The Concept Of Environmental Determinism In Cultural Evolution / by Philip L. Wagner -- Section Two. Worldwide Concepts -- Cultural Evolution In The Old World And The New, Leading To The Beginnings And Spread Of Agriculture / by Joseph R. Caldwell -- A Hypothesis Suggesting A Single Origin Of Agriculture / by George F. Carter -- Population Pressure And The Origins Of Agriculture : An Archaeological Example From The Coast Of Peru / byMark N Cohen -- Alternative Pathways Toward Agriculture / by David R. Harris -- Zoological Considerations On The Origins Of Farming And Domestication / by Wolf Herre and Manfred Röhrs -- Environmental Change And The Origin Of Agriculture In The Old And New Worlds / by Herberts E.Wright, Jr. -- Section Three. The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The Old World -- A Priori Models And Thai Prehistory : A Reconsideration Of The Beginnings Of Agriculture In Southeastern Asia / by Chester Gorman -- The Origins Of Cereal Agriculture In The Old World / by Jack R. Harlan -- Economic Change In Prehistoric Thailand / by Charles F. W. Higham -- The Indigenous Origins Of Chinese Agriculture / by Ping-ti Ho -- Pre-Agricultural Tools For The Preparation Of Foods In The Old World / by Nancy Kraybill -- Man, Domestication, And Culture In Southwestern Asia / by Charles A. Reed -- A Model For The Origin Of Agriculture In The Near East / by Charles A. Reed -- Changing Economy In Ancient India / by Vishnu-Mittre -- The Dynamics Of Agricultural Origins In Palestine : A Theoretical Model / by Fekri A. Hassan -- Abstract : The Cultural Processes Leading To The Origins Of Agriculture In The Ancient Near East / by Jean Perrot -- Section Four. The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The New World -- The Origins Of Zea Mays / by George W. Beadle -- Why Didn't the American Indians Domesticate Sheep? / by Christopher Carr -- The Metate : An Early Grain-Grinding Implement In The New World / by George F. Carter -- Our Father The Cayman, Our Mother The Gourd : Spinden Revisited, Or A Unitary Model for the Emergence of Agriculture in the New World / Donald W. Lathrap -- The Beginning Of Agriculture In Central Peru / by Richard S. MacNeish -- Origins And Distribution Of Plants Domesticated In The New World Tropics / by Barbara Pickersgill and Charles B. Heiser, Jr. -- Animal Domestication In the Andes / by Elizabeth S. Wing -- Native Plant Husbandry North of Mexico / by Richard A. Yarnell -- Section Five. Conclusions -- Origins of Agriculture : Discussion And Some Conclusions / by Charles A. Reed -- Section Six. Appendix -- A Radiocarbon Chronology Relevant To The Origins Of Agriculture / by Adina Kabaker.
9027979197 0202900436
Traditional farming--Congresses.
Agriculture--Origin--Congresses.
Prehistoric peoples--Congresses.
Agriculture, Prehistoric --Congresses.
Food supply--History--Congresses.
GN799.A4 / O75 1977