Chapter 1 documenting domestication bringing together plants animals archaeology and genetics pp 1 12 melinda a zeder daniel g bradley eve emshwiller and bruce d smith domesticates and the process of their domestication have been central foundation areas of study in both biology and archaeology for more than 100 years. A general consensus stemming from archaeological meadow 1996 and genetic evidence eg bradley and magee 2006 considers the indus valley as the most likely centre of domestication for this. Documenting domestication new genetic and archaeological paradigms melinda a zeder daniel g bradley bruce d smith eve emshwiller university of california press jun 20 2006 science 361 pages 2 reviews agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of . Documenting domestication new genetic and archaeological paradigms zeder melinda a bradley daniel emshwiller eve smith bruce d 9780520246386 books . Documenting domestication new genetic and archaeological paradigms melinda a zeder daniel g bradley eve emshwiller bruce d smith agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of the planet