Niche construction theory has played a prominent role in archaeology during the last decade. However, the potential of niche construction in relation to agricultural development has received less attention. To this end, we bring together literature on the forms and sources of agronomic variability and use a series of examples to highlight the importance of reciprocal causation and ecological inheritance in trajectories of agricultural change. We demonstrate how niche construction theory can inform on emergent mutualisms in both inceptive and established agronomic contexts, the recursive relationships between humans and their agronomic environments, and bridges between the past and present.

在过去的十年中，生态位构建理论在考古学中发挥了突出的作用。然而，与农业发展相关的利基建设潜力却很少受到关注。为此，我们汇集了有关农业变异的形式和来源的文献，并使用一系列例子来强调农业变化轨迹中相互因果关系和生态遗传的重要性。我们展示了生态位构建理论如何能够揭示初始和已建立的农艺环境中的新兴互利共生、人类与其农艺环境之间的递归关系以及过去和现在之间的桥梁。