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Agricultural innovations in the Ancient Near East and beyond

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Shahal Abbo & Avi Gopher. 2022. Plant domestication and the origins of agriculture in the Ancient Near East. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 978-1-108-49364-2 hardback £75.
Sureshkumar Muthukumaran. 2023. The tropical turn: agricultural innovation in the Ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean. Oakland: University of California Press; 978-0-520-39084-3 paperback £30.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2024

Gemma Warham
Gemma Warham*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield, UK (✉ g.warham@sheffield.ac.uk)
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There is a rich and diverse body of research dedicated to understanding the cultural and biological processes that led to plant domestication and the development of agriculture in both the Old and New Worlds. Work continues to refine and challenge proposed models for the process of plant domestication, the likely centres of origin and subsequent spread of plant crops and agricultural innovations. This research is taking place in the light of new archaeobotanical evidence and the development and application of novel scientific techniques. As such, publications that bring together new lines of research and evidence, and how these inform our current understanding of plant domestication and agriculture, are an important resource for both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

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Antiquity , First View , pp. 1 - 5
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd

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