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9992146818301486 |
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20230711122544.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780125571807 |
| Terms of availability |
hardback |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(BeLVLBS)9993283605001471 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(EXLNZ-32KUL_LIBIS_NETWORK)9993283605001471 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
BeLVLBS |
| Language of cataloging |
Language of cataloging varies |
| Description conventions |
rda based |
| 245 04 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Burlington : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Emerald Publishing Limited |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
423 p. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Front Cover; The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Background of Tropical Agricultural Origins; Chapter 2. The Neotropical Ecosystem in the Present and the Past; Chapter 3. The Phytogeography of Neotropical Crops and Their Putative Wild Ancestors; Chapter 4. The Evolution of Foraging and Food Production; Chapter 5. From Small-Scale Horticulture to the Formative Period: The Development of Agriculture; Chapter 6. The Relationship of Neotropical Food Production to Food Production from Other Areas of the World |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
ReferencesIndex of Common and Scientific Plant Names; Subject Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
This first modern, full-bodied study of early horticulture and agriculture in the Neotropics unites new methods of recovering, identifying, and dating plant remains with a strong case for Optimal Foraging Strategy inthis historical context. Drawing upon new approaches to tropical archaeology, Dolores Piperno and Deborah Pearsall argue that the tropical forest habitat is neither as hostile nor as benevolent for human occupation and plant experimentation as researchers have suggested. Among other conclusions, they demonstrate that tropical forest food production emerged concurrent with that in |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Agriculture -- Origin |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Agriculture -- Tropics |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Indians -- Agriculture |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Indians |
| General subdivision |
Agriculture |
| Geographic subdivision |
Tropics |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Agriculture |
| General subdivision |
Origin |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Agriculture |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Piperno, Dolores R. |
| Relator term |
author |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Pearsall, Deborah M. |
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author |
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PHYSICAL |
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book |