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Clutton-Brock, Juliet.

Animals as domesticates : a world view through history / Juliet Clutton-Brock. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012. - xi, 189 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. - The animal turn . - Animal turn. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-175) and index.

Eurasia after the ice -- Settlement and domestication in Eurasia -- Arrival of domesticates in Europe -- Domesticates in ancient Egypt and their origins -- Domesticates of the ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians -- Domesticates in the classical world of Greece and Rome -- Domesticates in ancient India and Southeast Asia -- Domesticates in Oceania -- Domesticates in Africa south of the Sahara -- Domesticates in the Americas -- Conclusions -- Appendix : Nomenclature of the domestic animals and their wild progenitors.

ISBN: 9781611860283 (case bound : alk. paper) 1611860288 (case bound : alk. paper) 9781611860641 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1611860644 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011031274

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Domestic animals--History.
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships--History.

LC Class. No.: SF41 / .C577 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 636.08/2

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SF41 / .C577 2012