The Transition From Foraging To Farming And The Origin Of Agriculture In China (british Archaeological Reports British Series)

Thesis on the question of agricultural origin in China by summarising, analysing and integrating data from various disciplines and theoretical analysis and comparative studies. The database includes archaeological data from the terminal Pleistocene to the early Holocene found in the Yellow and Yangzi river valleys, botanical data on wild millet and wild rice, data on palaeoclimates and palaeoenvironments, and comparative ethnographic data from Australia and North America. Front Cover Copyright Epigraph Preface Acknowledgment Abstract Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. The Background to this Study Chapter 2. Terminology and Definitions Part II. The Transition from Foraging to Farming in Central China Chapter 3. Palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimates from the terminal Pleistocene to the early Holocene in Central China Chapter 4. Archaeological discoveries in Central China Chapter 5. Discussion on the transition from foraging to farming in Central China Part III. The Transition from Foraging to Farming in the Yangzi River Valey Chapter 6. The palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimates from the terminal Pleistocene into the early Holocene in the Yangzi Valey Chapter 7. Archaeological discoveries in the Yangzi valey Chapter 8. Discussion on the transition from foraging to farming in the Yangzi River basin Part IV. Comparison and Proposition: The Transition from Foraging to Farming in China Chapter 9. Foragers of the terminal Pleistocene in China Chapter 10. Farmers of the early Holocene in China Chapter 11. Hypotheses and propositions: The origins of agriculture in China Text Bibliography Figures Appendix I. A list of Latin and English names of plants commonly found in China