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Farmers at the Frontier

A Pan European Perspective on Neolithisation
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All farming in prehistoric Europe ultimately came from elsewhere in one way or another, unlike the growing numbers of primary centers of domestication and agricultural origins worldwide. This fact affects every aspect of our understanding of the start of farming on the continent because it means that ultimately, domesticated plants and animals came from somewhere else, and from someone else. In an area as vast as Europe, the process by which food production becomes the predominant subsistence strategy is of course highly variable, but in a sense the outcome is the same, and has the potential for addressing more large-scale questions regarding agricultural origins. Therefore, a detailed understanding of all aspects of farming in its absolute earliest form in various regions of Europe can potentially provide a new perspective on the mechanisms by which this monumental change comes to human societies and regions. In this volume, we aim to collect various perspectives regarding the earliest farming from across Europe. Methodological approaches, archaeological cultures, and geographic locations in Europe are variable, but all papers engage with the simple question: What was the earliest farming like? This volume opens a conversation about agriculture just after the transition in order to address the role incoming people, technologies, and adaptations have in secondary adoptions. The book starts with an introduction by the editors which will serve to contextualize the theme of the volume. The broad arguments concerning the process of neolithisation are addressed, and the rationale for the volume discussed. Contributions are ordered geographically and chronologically, given the progression of the Neolithic across Europe. The editors conclude the volume with a short commentary paper regarding the theme of the volume.

Author Biography:

Kurt Gron is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, Durham University. He specialises in wild and domestic fauna from the Stone Age in northern Europe stable isotope geochemistry; shell middens and shell midden taphonomy. Lasse Sorensen is Associated Professor in Archaeology at Ã…rhus University specialising in Mesolithic and Neolithic economic developments and zooarchaeology. Peter Rowley-Conwy is professor of environmental archaeology at Durham University. He specialises in hunter-gatherers, early farmers, and the transition to agriculture. He has worked on Mesolithic and Neolithic animal bones in various parts of Europe including Denmark, Italy and Portugal, and the Middle East.
Release date Australia
February 25th, 2020
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Contributors
  • Edited by Kurt J Gron
  • Edited by Lasse Sorensen
  • Edited by Peter Rowley-Conwy
Illustrations
b/w and colour
Pages
464
Dimensions
175x250x30
ISBN-13
9781789251401
Product ID
28386276

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