Origins of agriculture / ed. Charles A. Reed.

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.