Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin: Origins, diffusion, and impact

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 11597-11604

  Zeder, Melinda A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Livestock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; CROP MANAGEMENT; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOLITHIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARCHAEOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50149121968     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801317105     Document Type: Review

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