Examination of abandoned goat kraals in the eastern Kalahari region of southern Africa reveals they are used as “gardens.” Some edible wild plant species sprouting within such gardens are transplanted inside household compounds and tended. The association between abandoned goat kraals, transplantation, and human food production parallels the “refuse dump” hypothesis of Edgar Anderson (1952) advanced to explain how plant domestication occurred. The domestic goat is viewed in this paper as an agent facilitating concentration of wild seeds near human settlements, a predisposing factor necessary for plant domestication to occur.
Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume 10, 1980 - Issue 1
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