A powerful and innovative argument that explores the complexity of the human relationship
with material things, demonstrating how humans and societies are entrapped into the …

Domestication of plants and animals is the major factor underlying human civilization and is
a gigantic evolutionary experiment of adaptation and speciation, generating incipient …

The origins of bread have long been associated with the emergence of agriculture and
cereal domestication during the Neolithic in southwest Asia. In this study we analyze a total …

Fermented and alcoholic beverages played a pivotal role in feastings and social events in
past agricultural and urban societies across the globe, but the origins of the sophisticated …

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 …

It is generally understood that foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were initially domesticated
in Northern China where they eventually became the dominant plant food crops. The rarity of …

The emergence of complex societies represents one of the major developments of human
prehistory. Diverse agricultural strategies were implemented to produce the increased grain …

The emerging picture of plant and animal domestication and agricultural origins in the Near
East is dramatically different from that drawn 16 years ago in a landmark article by Bar-Yosef …

The origin of millet from Neolithic China has generally been accepted, but it remains
unknown whether common millet (Panicum miliaceum) or foxtail millet (Setaria italica) was …

This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …