List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; List of contributors; 1. Europe's first farmers: an introduction T. Douglas Price; 2. South-eastern Europe in the transition to agriculture in Europe: bridge, buffer or mosaic Ruth Tringham; 3. Transition to agriculture in eastern Europe Marek Zvelebil and Malcolm Lillie; 4. Cardial pottery and the agricultural transition in Mediterranean Europe William K. Barnett; 5. Mesolithic and Neolithic interaction in southern France and northern Italy: new data and current hypotheses Didier Binder; 6. From the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in the Iberian peninsula João Zilhão; 7. The origins of agriculture in south-central Europe Michael Jochim; 8. How agriculture came to north-central Europe Peter Bogucki; 9. Getting back to basics: transitions to farming in Ireland and Britain Peter Woodman; 10. The introduction of farming in northern Europe T. Douglas Price; 11. Lessons in the transition to agriculture T. Douglas Price; Bibliography; Index.
Essays by leading specialists on a central issue of European history: the transition to farming.
"this is an excellent example of an edited volume organized around
a theme. Scholars interested in the origins of food-producing
societies, as well as those interested more generally in Old World
archaeology, should read this book." Canadian Journal of
Archaeology
"[The authors] move towards a richly complex explanation that
simply can no longer be explained as ex Orient lux (from east, the
light0. Well supplied with regional maps, lists of important
radiocarbon dates, and a scattering of site plans and artifact
illustrations, this is clearly a book for colleges, universities,
and professionals, indeed a necessary addition to their libraries."
Choice
"Well supplied with regional maps, lists of important radiocarbon
dates, and a scattering of site plans and artifact illustrations"
Choice April 2001
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