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A Companion to Ancient Agriculture
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2020.
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| Colección: | Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Contributor Biographies
- CHAPTER ONE Introduction
- Structure of the Volume
- The Trajectory of Ancient Agricultural History
- References
- Part I Plants & Animals
- CHAPTER TWO Paleoethnobotany and Ancient Agriculture
- Introduction
- A Brief History of the Paleoethnobotanical Investigation of Ancient Agriculture
- Major Varieties of Paleoethnobotanical Data Related to Agriculture
- The Collection of Archaeological Plant Remains
- Putting Paleoethnobotanical Data to Work
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- Further Reading
- References
- CHAPTER THREE Zooarchaeology
- Introduction
- Zooarchaeological Methods
- Zooarchaeological Applications
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- References
- CHAPTER FOUR Stable Isotopes in Ancient Agriculture
- Introduction
- Stable Isotopes Relevant to the Investigation of Ancient Agriculture
- Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants in Ancient Agriculture
- Conclusions
- Suggested Reading
- References
- CHAPTER FIVE Agricultural Plants in the Ancient Mediterranean
- The Importance of Agricultural Plants to the Greeks and Romans
- Guide to Further Reading
- References
- Part II The Neolithic
- CHAPTER SEVEN The Beginnings of Agriculture
- Introduction
- Historiographical Review of Theory
- Archaeological Data
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- References
- Part III The Bronze Age
- CHAPTER EIGHT Agriculture in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
- Geography and Climate
- Sources
- Crops
- Animal Husbandry
- Cultivation Techniques and the Agricultural Calendar
- Agriculture and Society
- The Development of the Agrarian Regime in Southern Mesopotamia
- The Development of the Agrarian Regime in Northern Mesopotamia
- Open Questions and Future Avenues of Research
- Further Reading
- References
- CHAPTER NINE Egyptian Agriculture in the Bronze Age: Peasants, Landlords' and Institutions
- Introduction
- Environmental Conditions and Physical Setting
- Crops and the Agricultural Cycle
- Technical Aspects and Animal Use
- The Transformations of Institutional Agriculture Over Time
- Current Debates and Avenues for Future Investigation
- Further Reading
- References
- CHAPTER TEN Agriculture in the Bronze Age Levant
- Archaeological and Textual Evidence
- Geography and Climate