Animals as Domesticates: A World View through History

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Contents Foreword by James A. Serpell ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Eurasia after the Ice 11 2 Settlement and Domestication in Eurasia 19 3 Arrival of Domesticates in Europe 35 4 Domesticates in Ancient Egypt and Their Origins 47 5 Domesticates of the Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, and Scythians 61 6 Domesticates in the Classical World of Greece and Rome 71 7 Domesticates in Ancient India and Southeast Asia 81 8 Domesticates in Oceania 99 9 Domesticates in Africa South of the Sahara 109 10 Domesticates in the Americas 121 Conclusions 133 Appendix: Nomenclature of the Domestic Animals and Their Wild Progenitors 139 Notes 143 Bibliography 163 Index 177 ...