Bellwood, Peter S. <br/><br/>
The first farmers :  the origins of agricultural societies / 
Peter Bellwood. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  c2005. 
 - xix, 360 p. :  ill., maps ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index. 
<br/><br/>The early farming dispersal hypothesis in perspective -- The origins and dispersals of agriculture : some operational considerations -- The beginnings of agriculture in Southwest Asia -- Tracking the spreads of farming beyond the Fertile Crescent : Europe and Asia -- Africa : an independent focus of agricultural development? -- The beginnings of agriculture in East Asia -- The spread of agriculture into Southeast Asia and Oceania -- Early agriculture and its spread in the Americas -- What do language families mean for human prehistory? -- The spread of farming : comparing the archaeology and the linguistics -- Genetics, skeletal anthropology, and the people factor -- The nature of early agricultural expansion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0631205659 (hc : alk. paper) 0631205667 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004003944 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agriculture--Origin.<br/>Agriculture, Prehistoric.<br/>Plants, Cultivated--Origin.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN799.A4  / B45 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>630/.9/01