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Nowhere else are the diverse factors influencing the origins of agriculture summarized at comparably large scales and made accessible to a similar range of non-specialists. - American Anthropologist Highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of cultivated plants.... A particularly effective textbook The chapters are each an excellent introduction to the history of plant cultivation and domestication in their region and include much data and many references. - American Antiquity

C. Wesley Cowan is a retired anthropologist and museum curator, the founder and owner of Cowan's Auctions, Inc., a star on the PBS series, History Detectives, and a frequent appraiser on Antiques Roadshow. Patty Jo Watson is Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor Emertia, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis.