Domestication of Plants in the Old World: The Origin and Spread of Cultivated Plants in West Asia, Europe, and the Nile Valley

By Daniel Zohary and Maria Hopf

Book Overview

In this definitive volume, the authors review the origin and subsequent spread of the plants on which Old World food production was founded. Their account is based on the detailed consideration of the plant remains found at archaeological sites and accumulated knowledge about the present-day wild relatives of cultivated plants.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198541988
• ISBN13: 9780198541981
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"