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Title Explaining and exploring diversity in agricultural technology / edited by Annelou van Gijn, John Whittaker and Patricia C. Anderson
Published Oxford ; Haverton, PA : Oxbow Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 383 pages)
Series Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage (EARTH) : 8,000 years of resilience and innovation ; volume 2
Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage.
Contents Section 1. Introduction -- 1. The dimension of tools, skills and processes -- Section 2. The agricultural process : tools and techniques in cultural context -- 2. From Land Clearance and Preparation to Sowing -- 3. Tending the Crops -- 4. Diversity in Harvesting Techniques -- 5. Threshing Processes and Tools -- 6. Storage and Preservation -- 7. Cereal Processing and Cooking : Techniques, Tools, and Gestures -- Section 3. The social context of agricultural technology -- Acquiring skills and the transmission of knowledge -- 9. Symbolic and legal aspects of agrarian life -- 10. Agricultural practices : change and stability
Summary "This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for viewing agriculture from the standpoint of the human actors involved. Each chapter provides an interdisciplinary overview of the skills used and the social context of the pursuit of agriculture, highlighting examples of tools, technologies and processes from land clearance to cereal processing and food preparation"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 03, 2019)
Subject Agriculture -- History.
Agriculture -- Social aspects -- History
Agricultural innovations -- History
Agricultural implements -- History
Agropastoral systems -- History
Social change -- History
Ethnology.
Agriculture, Prehistoric.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Landscape archaeology.
Agriculture -- history
ethnology.
social anthropology.
ethnoarchaeology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Agricultural implements
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture
Agriculture, Prehistoric
Agriculture -- Social aspects
Agropastoral systems
Ethnoarchaeology
Ethnology
Landscape archaeology
Social change
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Gijn, Annelou L. van, 1954-
Whittaker, John C. (John Charles), 1953-
Anderson, Patricia C
LC no. 2014032457
ISBN 9781782970217
1782970215
9781782970231
1782970231