The origins of agriculture: new paradigms

• Autor: Amat Olazával, Hernán
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2014
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Investigaciones Sociales
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/10979
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/sociales/article/view/10979
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Domestication; Neolithic; sedentariosmo; agro-ecology; plant sciences; paleoecology; tubers; cucurbits; archaeozoology; cultural ecology.; Domesticación; neolitización; sedentarismo; agroecología; fitología; paleoecología; tubérculos; cucurbitáceas; arqueozoología; ecología cultural.

The agricultural revolution is the first major event held by men, eight thousand years before the present, in five centers of domestication and adjacent areas, located in the Middle East, India, China, Mesoamerica and the Central Andes. The domestication of plants and animals, caused substantial changes in the behavior of sedentary societies, the new economy and technology innovation brought with major social and political transformations. The food producing economy profoundly changed human mentality. In every village, in every village, surplus production led to the emergence of specialists and complexity of society as a whole. How happened? Many specialists study the causes of great transformation, some refer to as the «broad spectrum revolution»; others claim it is the result of awareness of the benefits provided by the insurance resources; however, others consider as evidence of livelihood strategies and population pressure. One detailed chronological list of the main plants and animals domesticated in Asia, Mesoamerica and the Central Andes is presented.