1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Preface

      5  1 Prologue Crop Evolution The Hunter‐Gatherer Stereotype What Do Gatherers Eat? Summary Understanding Life Cycles of Plants General Botanical Knowledge Manipulation of Vegatation Food Plants in Ritual and Ceremony On Sharing the Bounty Population Control and the Aged Conclusions References

      6  2 Views on Agricultural Origins Agriculture as Divine Gift Domestication for Religious Reasons Domestication by Crowding Agriculture as Discovery Agriculture by Stress Agriculture as an Extension of Gathering Domestication by Perception A No‐Model Model Geography of Plant Domestication An Ecological Approach Conclusions References

      7  3 What Is a Crop? Definitions Intermediate States A Short List of Cultivated Plants References

      8  4 What Is a Weed? Definitions Intermediate States Crop–Weed Complexes Some Weed Adaptations Weeds and History Conclusions References

      9  5 Classification of Cultivated Plants Botanical Descriptions and Names Problems of Formal Taxonomy The Gene Pool System Evolutionary Implications Conclusions References

      10  6 The Dynamics of Domestication Domestication of Seed Crops Domestication of Vegetatively Reproduced Crops Conclusions References

      11  7 Space, Time, and Variation Kinds of Patterns of Variation Noncentric Crops Diffuse Origins Microcenters Landrace Populations Implications for Plant Breeding Conclusions References

      12  8 The Near East Introduction Archaeological Prelude A Note About Dating Archaeological Sites Archaeological Sequence of Village Sites Spread of Agriculture Out of the Nuclear Area Recorded History Conclusions References

      13  9 Indigenous African Agriculture Introduction