First Farmers

von Bellwood

384 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. - Uses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years - Examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture - Focuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and the northern Andes - Covers the origins and dispersals of major language families such as Indo-European, Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo and Uto-Aztecan

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780631205661
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.11.2004
• Größe: 244 x 170 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons