
Rivers of Change
Essays on Early Agriculture in Eastern North America
Bruce D. Smith(Author)
The University of Alabama Press
Published on 8. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-0-8173-5348-3 (ISBN)
Description
Awarded the James Henry Breasted Prize by the American Historical Association, this volume is the first comprehensive consideration of eastern North America as an independent, primary center of plant domestication and agriculture. Focusing on data derived from the expanding discipline of archaeobotany, Bruce D. Smith presents a provocative alternative theory of how prehistoric North American societies developed from hunting and gathering systems to food-producing economies. Eastern North America remains one of the world's best-documented independent centers of domestication and will clearly be the focus of sustained and rewarding research for many years to come.
Reviews / Votes
The most insightful, broadly cast examination of pre-maize candidates for domestication yet published. - American Antiquity ""The best single source on the questions, methods, and database pertaining to the origins of plant domestication and food production in eastern North America. Those interested in North American archaeology/ethnobiology will find this volume to be a necessary addition to their libraries."" - American AnthropologistMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
124 illustrations
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-5348-3 (9780817353483)
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12/1992
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
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Persons
Bruce D. Smith is an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of a wide range of works, including The Emergence of Agriculture, and recipient of the Society for American Archaeology's 2004 Fryxell Medal for Interdisciplinary Research.