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ANTH 2201: World Prehistory: Origins of Agriculture

This guide will introduce you to library resources and beyond on the topic of World Prehistory, including prehistoric archaeology and human origins.

Agriculture Websites

Environmental History Resources
Site contains an agricultural timeline, along with videos, essays, and podcast.
Evolution, Consequences and Future of Plant and Animal Domestication
Click "PDF Full Text" on the left to view entire article.
Article on plant and animal domestication published in Nature.

Books & eBooks

An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Call Number: 394.12 S785e

Publication Date: 2009

An account of how food has helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from the emergence of farming in China by 7,500 BCE to today's use of sugar cane and corn to make ethanol.
The First Farmers of Europe
Call Number: eBook

Publication Date: 2018

"In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists."
First Farmers by Peter Bellwood
Call Number: 630.9 B449fi

Publication Date: 2023

A wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the origins and histories of the first agricultural populations in many different parts of the world
Harlan's Crops and Man
Call Number: ebook

Publication Date: 2021

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

Online Journals

Agricultural History

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