Domestication of Plants in the Old World: The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley - Brossura

Zohary, Daniel; Hopf, Maria

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0198548966 ISBN 13: 9780198548966

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1994

Riassunto

Now in paperback, the second edition of this book reviews the origins and spread of cultivated plants in southwest Asia, Europe, and Africa north of the Sahara, from the earliest beginnings through to classical times. This new edition includes a chapter on dye plants, and significant new information on vegetables, fruit trees, and some grain crops. The authors examine evidence from archaeological sites and living plants to provide a modern synthesis of crop plant evolution. They provide answers to questions such as: What were the first plants to be domesticated in the Old World? Where have the first signs of their domestication been found, and what subsequent developments can be traced? What crops have been introduced from other parts of Asia and Africa? When did all these events take place? A chronological chart, site orientation maps, and full set of references complete the book. From the review of the hardcover edition "..... indeed a 'mine of information'. An enormous and diverse body of important results is digested and presented economically, in a form that should encourage other authors to mine it and apply the results to their own fields.

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L'autore

Daniel Zohary is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel. Maria Hopf is the former head of the Botany Department at R�misch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz, Germany. Professor Daniel Zohary, Dept of Evolution, Systematics, and Ecology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. zohary@netvision.net.il

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Book by Zohary Daniel Hopf Maria

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198548966
• ISBN 13: 9780198548966
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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