Domestication as innovation: the entanglement of techniques, technology and chance in the domestication of cereal crops (original) (raw)

World Archaeology, 2010

Abstract

Abstract The origins of agriculture involved pathways of domestication in which human behaviours and plant genetic adaptations were entangled. These changes resulted in consequences that were unintended at the start of the process. This paper highlights some of the key innovations in human behaviours, such as soil preparation, harvesting and threshing, and how these were coupled with genetic 'innovations' within plant populations. We identify a number of 'traps' for early cultivators, including the needs for extra labour ...

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