Cattle Before Crops: The Beginnings of Food Production in Africa

Marshall, Fiona; Hildebrand, Elisabeth

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Cattle Before Crops: The Beginnings of Food Production in Africa

Marshall, Fiona, Hildebrand, Elisabeth·2002·Journal of World Prehistory

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Some pathways led from sedentary hunter-gatherers to early farmers, as in Southwest Asia or Yangtze China; others shifted from mobile hunting to the addition of herding first, for example in Africa, or from mobile hunting and gathering to mobile forms of agriculture like shifting cultivation, as in India, New Guinea, or South America.
“Although some pathways led from sedentary hunter-gatherers to early farmers, as in Southwest Asia or Yangtze China (68), others shifted from mobile hunting to the addition of herding first, for example in Africa (70), or from mobile hunting and gathering to mobile forms of agriculture like shifting cultivation, as in India (75), New Guinea (76), or South America (77).”
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Agriculture developed 4,000-5,000 y ago in the savanna habitats of Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and the North American forests and savannas.
“Agriculture developed 4,000–5,000 y ago in the savanna habitats of Africa (70), India (71), Southeast Asia (72), and the North American forests and savannas (73, 74).”
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Land use and its ecological impacts can be diagnosed from archaeological and paleoecological plant and animal remains, including pollen and phytoliths.
“Land use and its ecological impacts can be diagnosed from archaeological and paleoecological plant and animal remains, including pollen and phytoliths (70, 72).”
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Authors: Marshall, F., & Hildebrand, E.
Affiliations: Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author: Marshall, Fiona
ORCID: Marshall, Fiona
Hildebrand, Elisabeth
Venue: Journal of World Prehistory
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2002-06
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Pages: 99-143
ISSN: 0892-7537 (ISSN-L)
1573-7802
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019954903395
OpenAlex: W2129331450
Cited by: 445
References: 191
Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 33 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 30 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 6.02
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Journal of World Prehistory (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Keywords: origins of agriculture, pastoralism, hunter-gatherers, resource predictability, plant domestication, arid regions

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