Explaining and exploring diversity in agricultural technology / edited by Annelou van Gijn, John Whittaker and Patricia C. Anderson.
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TextSeries: Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage (EARTH) : 8,000 years of resilience and innovation ; volume 2Publication details: Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014Description: 383p.: illContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781842175156 (hbk)Subject(s): Agriculture -- History | Agriculture -- Social aspects -- History | Agricultural innovations -- History | Agricultural implements -- History | Agropastoral systems -- History | Social change -- History | Ethnology | Agriculture, Prehistoric | Ethnoarchaelogy | Landscape archaelogyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Explaining and exploring diversity in agricultural technologyDDC classification: 630.9 LOC classification: S419 | .E96 2014Scope and content: "This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for viewing agriculture from the standpoint of the human actors involved. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary overview of the skills used and the social context of the pursuit of agriculture, highlighting examples of tools, technologies and processes from land clearance to cereal processing and food preparation"-- Provided by publisher.
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"This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for viewing agriculture from the standpoint of the human actors involved. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary overview of the skills used and the social context of the pursuit of agriculture, highlighting examples of tools, technologies and processes from land clearance to cereal processing and food preparation"-- Provided by publisher.
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