General Editor'S Preface -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section One: General Principles -- The Origins Of Agriculture: Prologue -- The Earliest Farming: Demography As Cause And Consequence -- The Concept Of Environmental Determinism In Cultural Evolution -- Section Two: Worldwide Concepts -- Cultural Evolution In The Old World And The New, Leading To The Beginnings And Spread Of Agriculture -- A Hypothesis Suggesting A Single Origin Of Agriculture -- Population Pressure And The Origins Of Agriculture: An Archaeological Example From The Coast Of Peru -- Alternative Pathways Toward Agriculture -- Zoological Considerations On The Origins Of Farming And Domestication -- Environmental Change And The Origin Of Agriculture In The Old And New Worlds -- Section Three: The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The Old World -- A Priori Models And Thai Prehistory: A Reconsideration Of The Beginnings Of Agriculture In Southeastern Asia -- The Origins Of Cereal Agriculture In The Old World -- Economic Change In Prehistoric Thailand -- The Indigenous Origins Of Chinese Agriculture -- Pre-Agricultural Tools For The Preparation Of Foods In The Old World -- Man, Domestication, And Culture In Southwestern Asia -- A Model For The Origin Of Agriculture In The Near East -- Changing Economy In Ancient India -- The Dynamics Of Agricultural Origins In Palestine: A Theoretical Model -- Abstract: The Cultural Processes Leading To The Origins Of Agriculture In The Ancient Near East -- Section Four: The Beginnings Of Agriculture In The New World -- The Origins Of Zea Mays -- Why Didn'T The American Indians Domesticate Sheep? -- The Metate: An Early Grain-Grinding Implement In The New World -- Our Father The Cayman, Our Mother The Gourd: Spinden Revisited, Or A Unitary Model For The Emergence Of Agriculture In The New World -- The Beginning Of Agriculture In Central Peru.

Origins And Distribution Of Plants Domesticated In The New World Tropics -- Animal Domestication In The Andes -- Native Plant Husbandry North Of Mexico -- Section Five: Conclusions -- Origins Of Agriculture: Discussion And Some Conclusions -- Section Six: Appendix -- A Radiocarbon Chronology Relevant To The Origins Of Agriculture -- Biographical Notes -- Index Of Names -- Index Of Subjects.