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  • The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization

    by Jennifer Bates ...
    The Indus civilization in South Asia (c. 320 – 1500BC) was one of the most important Old World Bronze Age cultures. Located at the cross-roads of Asia, in modern Pakistan and India, it encompassed ca. one million square kilometers, making it one the largest and most ecologically, culturally, socially, and economically complex among contemporary civilisations. In this study, Jennifer Bates offers ... Read more

    $110.69 USD

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  • The First Farmers of Europe

    An Evolutionary Perspective

    by Stephen Shennan ...
    Series series Cambridge World Archaeology
    Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Ancient DNA and the European Neolithic

    Relations and Descent

    Edited by Alasdair Whittle, Joshua Pollard, Susan Greaney ...
    The current paradigm-changing ancient DNA revolution is offering unparalleled insights into central problems within archaeology relating to the movement of populations and individuals, patterns of descent, relationships and aspects of identity – at many scales and of many different kinds. The impact of recent ancient DNA results can be seen particularly clearly in studies of the European Neolithic ... Read more

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  • Personal Ornaments in Prehistory

    An exploration of body augmentation from the Palaeolithic to the Early Bronze Age

    by Emma L. Baysal ...
    Beads, bracelets, necklaces, pendants and many other ornaments are familiar objects that play a fundamental role in personal expression and communication. This book considers how and why the human relationship with ornaments developed and continued over tens of thousands of years, from hunter-gatherer life in the cave to urban elites, from expedient use of natural resources to complex technologies ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Neolithic

    by Susan McCarter ...
    This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area.Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores the latest evidence from scientific analyses as varied as deep sea coring, pollen identification, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Scientific Review of the Impact of Climate Change on Plant Pests: A Global Challenge to Prevent and Mitigate Plant-Pest Risks in Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystems

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Climate change represents an unprecedented challenge to the world's biosphere and to the global community. It also represents a unique challenge for plant health. Human activities and increased market globalization, coupled with rising temperatures, has led to a situation that is favourable to pest movement and establishment. This scientific review assesses the potential effects of climate change ... Read more

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  • The Prehistory of Asia Minor

    From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies

    by Bleda S. Düring ...
    In this book, Bleda Düring offers an archaeological analysis of Asia Minor, the area equated with much of modern-day Turkey, from 20,000 to 2,000 BC. During this period human societies moved from small-scale hunter-gatherer groups to complex and hierarchical communities with economies based on agriculture and industry. Dr Düring traces the spread of the Neolithic way of life, which ultimately ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • Wild Harvest

    Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds

    Edited by Karen Hardy, Lucy Kubiak Martens ...
    Series series Studying Scientific Archaeology
    Plants are fundamental to life; they are used by all human groups and most animals. They provide raw materials, vitamins and essential nutrients and we could not survive without them. Yet access to plant use before the Neolithic can be challenging. In some places, plant remains rarely survive and reconstructing plant use in pre-agrarian contexts needs to be conducted using a range of different ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Early Civilizations of the Old World

    The Formative Histories of Egypt, The Levant, Mesopotamia, India and China

    by Charles Keith Maisels ...
    In this new paperback edition of Early Civilizations of the Old World, Charles Keith Maisels traces the development of some of the earliest and key civilizations in history. In each case the ecological and economic background to growth, geographical factors, cross-cultural intersection and the rise of urbanism are examined, explaining how particular forms of social structure and cultural ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia

    Edited by Akiri Tsuneki, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Stuart Campbell ...
    Over the past fifty years or so early pottery complexes in the wider region of West Asia have hardly ever been investigated in their own right. Early ceramics have often been unexpected by-products of projects focussing upon much earlier aceramic or later prehistoric periods. In recent years, however, there has been a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing ... Read more

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  • Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments

    Edited by Katarzyna Negacz, Pier Vellinga, Edward Barrett-Lennard, Redouane Choukr-Allah, Theo Elzenga ...
    Food production on present and future saline soils deserves the world’s attention particularly because food security is a pressing issue, millions of hectares of degraded soils are available worldwide, freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce, and the global sea-level rise threatens food production in fertile coastal lowlands. Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Saline Environments aims to ... Read more

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  • Biodiversity and Insect Pests

    Key Issues for Sustainable Management

    Edited by Geoff M. Gurr, Stephen D. Wratten, William E. Snyder ...
    Biodiversity offers great potential for managing insect pests. It provides resistance genes and anti-insect compounds; a huge range of predatory and parasitic natural enemies of pests; and community ecology-level effects operating at the local and landscape scales to check pest build-up. This book brings together world leaders in theoretical, methodological and applied aspects to provide a ... Read more

    $125.00 USD