ANTH 2201: World Prehistory: Origins of Agriculture

COLUMBUS, THIRD FLOOR
"[A] journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history."

"In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists."

"A scientific and historical study of crops and their age-old relationship with human civilization ."