The Origins And Spread Of Agriculture And Pastoralism In Eurasia

Introduction, David Harris. Part 1 Thematic perspectives: growing plants and raising animals - an anthropological perspective on domestication, Tim Ingold ecology, evolutionary theory and agricultural origins, Mark Blumler the spread of agriculture and nomadic pastoralism - insights from genetics, linguistics and archaeology, Luca Cavalli-Sforza language families and the spread of farming, Colin Renfrew tracking early crops and early farmers - the potential of biomolecular archaeology, Martin Jones et al the impact of diseases upon the emergence and spread of agriculture, Les Groube plate tectonics and imaginary prehistories - structure and contingency in agricultural origins, Andrew Sherratt. Part 2 Southwest…