The Origins of Agriculture
An International Perspective

C.Wesley Cowan (Edited by), Patty Jo Watson (Edited by), Gary William Crawford (Author), R.W. Dennell (Author), Jack R. Harlan (Author), Emily McClung de Tapia (Author), Naomi Miller (Author), Paul E. Minnis (Author), Deborah M. Pearsall (Author), Bruce D. Smith (Author)

9780817353490, The University of Alabama Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 May 2006

240 pages, 66 illustrations
27.1 x 21 x 1.6 cm, 0.636 kg

Nowhere else are the diverse factors influencing the origins of agriculture summarized at comparably large scales and made accessible to a similar range of non-specialists. - American Anthropologist ""Highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of cultivated plants.... A particularly effective textbook The chapters are each an excellent introduction to the history of plant cultivation and domestication in their region and include much data and many references."" - American Antiquity