TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bellwood,Peter S.
TI  - The first farmers: the origins of agricultural societies 
SN  - 0631205659 (hc : alk. paper)
AV  - GN799.A4 B45 2005
U1  - 630/.9/01 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Origin
KW  - Agriculture, Prehistoric
KW  - Plants, Cultivated
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004003944.html
ER  -