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

Zohary, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198548966 ISBN 13: 9780198548966

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1994

Synopsis

Now in its second edition, this in-depth account reviews the origins and spread of cultivated plants in southwest Asia, Europe, and northern Africa, from the earliest beginnings through the classical era. A new chapter is included on dye plants, and the information on vegetables, fruit trees, and several grain crops benefits from recently acquired insight. The authors examine evidence from archaeological sites and living plants to provide a modern synthesis of crop plant evolution, describing the first domestication of plants, where this occurred, and how these species and practices spread throughout the world. A chronological chart, site orientation maps, and a full set of references complete the volume.

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Review

'A major update of this essential handbook after only seven years reveals the pace at which our knowledge of early crops is increasing.' Antiquity, Volume 68, Number 258, March 1994 |d 15/07/1994

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198548966
• ISBN 13: 9780198548966
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 290