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2 books match the query 'Crawford, Gary W.'

cover of Paleoethnobotany of the Kameda Peninsula Jomon

Paleoethnobotany of the Kameda Peninsula Jomon

Gary W. Crawford

University of Michigan Press, 1983

In this volume, author Gary W. Crawford presents archaeological data he gathered on plant utilization by Jomon populations in southwestern Hokkaido. Using this data, he examines the adaptations of the Initial through Middle Jomon (a period from 8000 BP to 4000 BP). He also considers the success of the Jomon adaptation in northeastern Japan in general.
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The Origins of Agriculture

An International Perspective

Edited by C. Wesley Cowan and Patty Jo Watson

University of Alabama Press, 2006

The eight case studies in this book -- each a synthesis of available knowledge about the origins of agriculture in a specific region of the globe -- enable scholars in diverse disciplines to examine humanity's transition to agricultural societies. Contributors include: Gary W. Crawford, Robin W. Dennell, and Jack R. Harlan.

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