Prehistoric Farming in EuropeCUP Archive, 11 de jul. de 1985 - 348 páginas Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a masterly account of prehistoric farming in Europe on a unique scale. He makes use of modern archaeological techniques to reconstruct the lives of prehistoric farmers in remarkable detail. Not only do we now have a vivid picture of the prehistoric farmyard, but we know what animals were kept, how they were fed and why they were bred. Evidence for crops grown and techniques of cultivation and husbandry helps recreate the prehistoric landscape. Even the social organisation that determined the use of resources, and provided the crucial stimulus for agricultural change, can be relived. Graeme Barker develops his argument through analogies with the agricultural history of classical and medieval Europe and concludes that today's industrial farmers can learn much from the successes and failures of early European farming. |
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Approaches to prehistoric farming | 1 |
resources and constraints | 28 |
The Mediterranean basin | 55 |
The Balkans the middle Danube basin and the Ukraine | 84 |
The Alpine region | 112 |
The continental lowlands | 135 |
Atlantic Europe | 161 |
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agricultural analysis animal arable archaeological areas argued Atlantic barley basin bones bronze age cattle central central Europe century cereals changes clay clear climate communities complex consisted crops cultivation culture Danube domestic early economy emmer established Europe evidence example excavations farmers farming faunal fields fishing foraging forest goats grazing groups hills houses hunting husbandry important included increase indicated iron Italy land late later less lowlands major manure material meat medieval Mediterranean mesolithic metres millennium b.c. mixed farming mountains natural neolithic normally northern organisation pasture period pigs plain plant Pleistocene pollen population pottery prehistoric principal probably production range record red deer region remains river samples scale seasonal seems settlement sheep similar social societies soils southern stone studies subsistence suggested summer third millennium valley vegetation villages wild winter
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