Origins Of Agriculture In Western Central Asia

Author : David R. Harris
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781934536513

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Origins of Agriculture in Western Central Asia by David R. Harris Pdf

In Origins of Agriculture in Western Central Asia, archaeologist David R. Harris addresses questions of when, how, and why agriculture and settled village life began east of the Caspian Sea. The book describes and assesses evidence from archaeological investigations in Turkmenistan and adjacent parts of Iran, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan in relation to present and past environmental conditions and genetic and archaeological data on the ancestry of the crops and domestic animals of the Neolithic period. It includes accounts of previous research on the prehistoric archaeology of the region and reports the results of a recent environmental-archaeological project undertaken by British, Russian, and Turkmen archaeologists in Turkmenistan, principally at the early Neolithic site of Jeitun (Djeitun) on the southern edge of the Karakum desert. This project has demonstrated unequivocally that agropastoralists who cultivated barley and wheat, raised goats and sheep, hunted wild animals, made stone tools and pottery, and lived in small mudbrick settlements were present in southern Turkmenistan by 7,000 years ago (c. 6,000 BCE calibrated), where they came into contact with hunter-gatherers of the "Keltiminar Culture." It is possible that barley and goats were domesticated locally, but the available archaeological and genetic evidence leads to the conclusion that all or most of the elements of the Neolithic "Jeitun Culture" spread to the region from farther west by a process of demic or cultural diffusion that broadly parallels the spread of Neolithic agropastoralism from southwest Asia into Europe. By synthesizing for the first time what is currently known about the origins of agriculture in a large part of Central Asia, between the more fully investigated regions of southwest Asia and China, this book makes a unique contribution to the worldwide literature on transitions from hunting and gathering to agriculture.

Author : Peter Bellwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780631205654

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First Farmers by Peter Bellwood Pdf

First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years Examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture Focuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and the northern Andes Covers the origins and dispersals of major language families such as Indo-European, Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo and Uto-Aztecan

Author : Sue Colledge,James Conolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781315417608

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The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe by Sue Colledge,James Conolly Pdf

In this major new volume, leading scholars demonstrate the importance of archaeobotanical evidence in the understanding of the spread of agriculture in southwest Asia and Europe. Whereas previous overviews have focused either on Europe or on southwest Asia, this volume considers the transition from a pan-regional perspective, thus making a significant contribution to our understanding of the processes and dynamics in the transition to food production on both continents. It will be relevant to students, researchers, practitioners and instructors in archaeology, archaeobotany, agrobotany, agricultural history, anthropology, area studies, economic history and cultural development.

Author : Patricia C. Anderson
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781938770876

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Prehistory of Agriculture by Patricia C. Anderson Pdf

The twenty-eight contributors to this book show how experimental and ethnographic approaches are being used to shed new light on the process of domestication, and harvesting techniques, tools and technology in the period just before and just after the appearance of agriculture. The book takes an explicitly comparative approach, with chapters on SW Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.

Author : Charles A. Reed
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110813487

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Origins of Agriculture by Charles A. Reed Pdf

Author : Anne Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521764438

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Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near Eastern Civilizations by Anne Porter Pdf

This book explores the roles of mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world in ancient Mesopotamia.

Author : Stephen Shennan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108422925

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The First Farmers of Europe by Stephen Shennan Pdf

The book shows how the spread of farming across Europe was the result a population expansion from present-day Turkey.

Author : William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781948436649

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History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Central Asia and Transcaucasia (1876-2021) by William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi Pdf

The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographic index. 37 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format.

Author : Shahal Abbo,Avi Gopher,Gila Kahila Bar-Gal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781108493642

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The Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East by Shahal Abbo,Avi Gopher,Gila Kahila Bar-Gal Pdf

Rapid and knowledge-based agricultural origins and plant domestication in the Neolithic Near East gave rise to Western civilizations.

Author : Mukhtar Ahmed
Publisher : Amazon
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781495941306

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Ancient Pakistan - An Archaeological History by Mukhtar Ahmed Pdf

This book is the second volume of a much larger project, Ancient Pakistan - An Archaelogical History, which deals with the prehistory of Pakistan from the Stone Age to the end of the Indus Civilization ca. 1500 BC. This particular volume, A Prelude to Civilization, is concerned with the beginning of agriculture, sedentary living and the emergence of village farming communities in the Greater Indus Valley, leaving the reader at the threshold of the Harappan Civilization. The material is generously illustrated with a large number of maps, tables, drawings, and photographs. A comprehensive bibliography is provided for those who want to dig deeper into the subject.

Author : Akiri Tsuneki,Olivier Nieuwenhuyse,Stuart Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785705274

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The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia by Akiri Tsuneki,Olivier Nieuwenhuyse,Stuart Campbell Pdf

Over the past fifty years or so early pottery complexes in the wider region of West Asia have hardly ever been investigated in their own right. Early ceramics have often been unexpected by-products of projects focussing upon much earlier aceramic or later prehistoric periods. In recent years, however, there has been a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing explicitly on this theme. It had generally become accepted that the adoption of pottery in West Asia happened relatively late in the history of ceramics. Several regions are now believed to have developed pottery significantly earlier. Thus, pottery occurs in Eastern Russia, in China and Japan by 16,500 cal. BC and in north Africa it is known in the 10th millennium. However, while the East Asian examples in particular do mark chronologically earlier instances, the picture in West Asia is actually rather more complex, in part because of the tyranny of the Aceramic/Ceramic Neolithic chronology. For the first time, The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia examines in detail the when, where, how and why pottery first arrived in the region? A key insight that emerges is that we must not confuse the reasons for pottery adoption with the long-term consequences. Neolithic peoples in West Asia did not adopt pottery because of the many uses and functions it would gain many centuries later and the development of ceramic technology needs to be examined in the context of its original cultural and social milieu.

Author : Immanuel Ness
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118970591

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The Global Prehistory of Human Migration by Immanuel Ness Pdf

Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Presents interdisciplinary coverage of this topic, including scholarship from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, biology, linguistics, and more Includes contributions from a diverse international team of authors, representing 17 countries and a variety of disciplines Divided into two sections, covering the Pleistocene and Holocene; each section examines human migration through chapters that focus on different regional and disciplinary lenses

Author : Daniel Zohary,Maria Hopf (deceased),Ehud Weiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191624254

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Domestication of Plants in the Old World by Daniel Zohary,Maria Hopf (deceased),Ehud Weiss Pdf

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 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 and synthesises the information on the origins and domestication of cultivated plants in the Old World, and subsequently the spread of cultivation from southwest Asia into Asia, Europe, and North Africa, from the very earliest beginnings. This book is mainly based on detailed consideration of two lines of evidences: the plant remains found at archaeological sites, and the knowledge that has accumulated about the present-day wild relatives of domesticated plants. This new edition revises and updates previous data and incorporates the most recent findings from molecular biology about the genetic relations between domesticated plants and their wild ancestors, and 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. This is an advanced, research level text suitable for graduate level students and researchers in the fields of crop science, agriculture, archaeology, botanical archaeology, and plant biotechnology. It will also be of relevance and use to agricultural historians and anyone with a wider interest in the rise of civilisation in this region.

Author : Kazbekov, Jusipbek,Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290907459

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Agricultural extension in Central Asia: existing strategies and future needs by Kazbekov, Jusipbek,Qureshi, Asad Sarwar Pdf

Agriculture is at the forefront of the development objectives of the republics of Central Asia (CA). Since independence in 1991, these countries have undergone transitions from being centrally planned economies to market-oriented systems, which did not include the creation of agricultural extension systems. This paper provides information on the current status of the agricultural extension systems in CA with special reference to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. We reviewed the existing extension strategies, donor- and state-driven initiatives to revitalize the agricultural extension systems, informal linkages that nongovernmental organizations play in helping a limited number of farmers, and provided recommendations on ways to further improve the agricultural extension services in CA. The information related to each country was analyzed separately. This is because, after independence, each republic in CA had initiated their agricultural reforms with specific objectives and has now established their unique agricultural systems that differ contextually. However, due to having the same history and agricultural system that existed during the Soviet times, we tried to give a historical perspective to the unified agricultural extension system that existed before independence.

Author : David Russell Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1857285379

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The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia by David Russell Harris Pdf

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.