{"product_id":"9780631205661","title":"First Farmers The Origins of Agricultural Societies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFirst Farmers\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Origins of Agricultural Societies\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePeter Bellwood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses data from archaeology, comparative linguistics, and biological anthropology to cover developments over the past 12,000 years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica and the northern Andes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the origins and dispersals of major language families such as Indo-European, Austronesian, Sino-Tibetan, Niger-Congo and Uto-Aztecan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Bellwood\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eExamining the Farming\/Language Dispersal Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Colin Renfrew, 2003), \u003ci\u003ePrehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd edition 1997), \u003ci\u003eThe Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and \u003ci\u003eMan’s Conquest of the Pacific: The Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania\u003c\/i\u003e (1986).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 December 2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631205661\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379161526412,"sku":"9780631205661","price":53.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631205661.jpg?v=1780237345","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780631205661","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}