The origins of agriculture in the lowland neotropics:
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1. Verfasser: Piperno, Dolores R. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Diego Academic Press ©1998
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Beschreibung:Paralleltitel: Origins of agriculture in the neotropics
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-369) and indexes
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
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, Dolores Piperno and Deborah Pearsall argue that the tropical forest habitat is neither as hostile nor as benevolent for human occupation and plant experimentation as researchers have suggested. Among other conclusions, they demonstrate that tropical forest food production emerged concurrent with that in
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ISBN:008053824X
0125571801
9780080538242
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