The Living Fields : Our Agricultural Heritage
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521649927
ISBN-13
9780521649926
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 22nd, 1998
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
23.00 x 15.20 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Agriculture & farmingAgriculture and farming
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A balanced view of the origin and evolution of agriculture in various parts of the world based on the archaeology, botany, genetics, ecology and anthropology of domesticates and their wild relatives.
All civilisations, ancient and modern, are founded on agriculture. In this fascinating account of one of the most fundamental aspects of humankind's march from prehistory to the present day, the author considers the evidence for the origins and evolution of agriculture in various parts of the world; a balanced view is presented based on the archaeology, botany, genetics, ecology and anthropology of domesticates and their wild relatives. The basic agricultural systems which emerged from areas yielding traces of the earliest plant and animal domestication are described, and their drastic modification in recent times is considered. In a concluding chapter the present situation is reviewed, and the possible risks of a system which now relies on a relatively small number of species to supply the majority of our food are discussed.
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