The origins of agriculture in the lowland neotropics /

This first modern, full-bodied study of early horticulture and agriculture in the Neotropics unites new methods of recovering, identifying, and dating plant remains with a strong case for Optimal Foraging Strategy inthis historical context. Drawing upon new approaches to tropical archaeology, Dolore...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Piperno, Dolores R.
Other Authors: Pearsall, Deborah M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Indians > Agriculture.
Agriculture > Origin.
Agriculture > Tropics.
Peuples autochtones > Agriculture.
Agriculture > Origines.
Agriculture > Régions tropicales.
Agriculture
Agriculture > Origin
Indians > Agriculture
Landbouw.
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Tropics
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Background of Tropical Agricultural Origins; Chapter 2. The Neotropical Ecosystem in the Present and the Past; Chapter 3. The Phytogeography of Neotropical Crops and Their Putative Wild Ancestors; Chapter 4. The Evolution of Foraging and Food Production; Chapter 5. From Small-Scale Horticulture to the Formative Period: The Development of Agriculture; Chapter 6. The Relationship of Neotropical Food Production to Food Production from Other Areas of the World.

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