Neolithic Farming in Central Europe: An Archaeobotanical Study of Crop Husbandry Practices

ISBN-13: 9780415324861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 212 str.

Bogaard Amy

Opis

This book evaluates competing models of early crop husbandry in Central Europe using available archaeobotanical evidence.

Recenzje

"This would be an enormously important and I am sure very widely read addition to the literature on the European Neolithic." - Alastair Whittle, Cardiff University

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Study Area and its Archaeological ackground  2. Models of Crop Husbandry in Neolithic Central Europe  3. The Key Variables of Permanence, Intensity and Seasonality and their Wider Implications  4. Archaeobotanical, Ecological and Statistical Methodology  5. Testing the Four Major Crop Husbandry Models  6. Identification of Separate Ecological Gradients and Specific Crop Husbandry Practices  7. Conclusions: Neolithic Farming in Central Europe

O autorze

Amy Bogaard is Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham. Her main research interests are early farming practices and archaeobotany.