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Domestication of Plants in the Old World
The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley
Third Edition
Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf
328 pages
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numerous halftones and line illustrations and maps
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234x156mm
978-0-19-850357-6
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Hardback
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11 January 2001
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- This fact-packed new edition of a classic text will be welcomed by botanists, archaeologists, evolutionary biologists, and anthropologists alike
- New edition incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology and archaeology on the origins and spread of cultivation, and adds sections on several crops that were not previously covered
- Completely updated references and archaeological site information
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.
From reviews of the second edition: 'This book is indeed a "mine of information". An enormous and diverse body of important results is digested and presented economically, in a form that should encourage other authors to mine it and apply the results to their own fields.' Nature
'This is an excellent book, suitable for
libraries, reference shelves, and anyone who teaches or writes about plant domestication.' Journal of Ethnobiology
'Only a few years after the publication, in 1988, of Zohary and Hopf's textbook, the volume was already out of print.... One cannot be grateful enough to the authors that they seized the opportunity to update the book.... An indispensable reference work; a wealth of information is presented in a systematic way.... This already classic textbook has amply proven its value, and hardly needs further recommendation.' HeliniumReadership: Researchers and graduate students in plant sciences, archaeology, agricultural studies, geography, and anthropology.
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Daniel Zohary, Professor of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Maria Hopf, Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz
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"For those studying these areas of domestication this is good reference text." - TEG News "The book is both a work of reference and an absorbing read." - Plant Talk "A nearly complete compendium of Old World crop plants that makes the book very informative yet easy reading ... a first-rate source of knowledge on Old World crops." - Plant Systematics and Evolution "This is the third edition of a fascinating book that provides a further update, refinement and clarity to our understanding of the origin and spread of cultivated plants in the Old World." - Annals of Botany
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Preface
1: Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of cultivated plants
2: Cereals
3: Pulses
4: Oil and fibre crops
5: Fruit trees and nuts
6: Vegetables and tubers
7: Condiments
8: Dye crops
9: Plant remains in representative archaeological sites
10: Conclusions
Chronological chart and site orientation maps
References
Index
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