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Domestication of Plants in the Old World : the origin and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin /
The origin of agriculture is one of the defining events of human history. Some 11-10,000 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 shift into an agricultural lifestyle tri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; 1 Current state of the art; Beginnings of domestication; Neolithic south-west Asian crop assemblage; Wild progenitors; The spread of south-west Asian crops; Availability of archaeological evidence; Early domestication outside the 'core area'; Beginning and spread of horticulture; Vegetables; Weeds and crops; Migrants from other agricultural regions; 2 Sources of evidence for the origin and spread of domesticated plants; Archaeological evidence; Evidence from the living plants; Radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology; 3 Cereals; Wheats: Triticum.
- Einkorn wheat: Triticum monococcumEmmer and durum-type wheats: Triticum turgidum; Bread wheat: Triticum aestivum; Timopheev's wheat: Triticum timopheevii; Barley: Hordeum vulgare; Rye: Secale cereale; Common oat: Avena sativa; Broomcorn millet: Panicum miliaceum; Foxtail millet: Setaria italica; Latecomers: sorghum and rice; 4 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: Lupinus5 Oil- and fibre-producing 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; 6 Fruit trees and nuts; Olive: Olea europaea; Grapevine: Vitis vinifera; Fig: Ficus carica; Sycamore fig: Ficus sycomorus; Date palm: Phoenix dactylifera; Pomegranate: Punica granatum; Apple: Malus domestica; Pear: Pyrus communis; Plum: Prunus domestica; Cherries Prunus avium and P. cerasus.
- Latecomers: apricot, peach, and quinceCarob: Ceratonia siliqua; Citrus fruits; Almond: Amygdalus communis; Walnut: Juglans regia; Chestnut: Castanea sativa; Hazelnut: Corylus avellana; Pistachio: Pistacia vera; 7 Vegetables and tubers; Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus; Melon Cucumis melo; Leek: Allium porrum; Garlic: Allium sativum; Onion: Allium cepa; Lettuce: Lactuca sativa; Chufa or rush nut: Cyperus esculentus; Cabbage: Brassica oleracea; Turnip: Brassica rapa; Beet: Beta vulgaris; Carrot: Daucus carota; Celery: Apium graveolens; Parsnip: Pastinaca sativa; Asparagus: Asparagus officinalis.
- 8 CondimentsCoriander: Coriandrum sativum; Cumin and dill: Cuminum cyminum and Anethum graveolens; Black cumin: Nigella sativa; Saffron: Crocus sativus; 9 Dye crops; Woad: lsatis tinctoria; Dyer's rocket: Reseda luteola; Madder: Rubia tinctorum; True indigo: Indigofera tinctoria; Safflower: Carthamus tinctorius; 10 Plant remains in representative archaeological sites; Iran; Iraq; Turkey; Syria; Israel and Jordan; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Caucasia and Transcaucasia; Central Asia; Cyprus; Greece; Crete; Former Yugoslavia; Bulgaria; Rumania; Moldavia and Ukraine; Hungary; Austria; Italy; Poland.