The Relationship of Mesolithic and Neolithic Economies in North-Western Europe
Author: W. C. Gabel
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Published: 1957
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Author: W. C. Gabel
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Published: 1957
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Walter Creighton Gabel
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Published: 1957
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philippe Crombé
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020-06-12
Total Pages: 847
ISBN-13: 1527554686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince its development in 1949, radiocarbon dating has increasingly been used in prehistoric research in order to get a better grip on the chronology of sites, cultures and environmental changes. Refinement of the dating, sampling and calibration methods has continuously created new and challenging perspectives for absolute dating. In these proceedings the focus lies on the contribution of carbon-14 dates in current Mesolithic research in North-West Europe. Altogether 40 papers dealing with radiocarbon dates from 15 different countries are presented. Major themes are the typo-technological evolution of lithic and bone industries, changes in settlement patterns, burial practices, demography and subsistence, human impact on the Mesolithic environment and the neolithisation process. Some papers also deal with more methodological aspects of carbon-14 dating (e.g. calculation of various reservoir effects, the use of cumulative calibrated probability distributions), and related techniques (e.g. stable isotope analysis for palaeodiet reconstruction).
Author: Sinéad McCartan
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 1007
ISBN-13: 9781842173114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-09-30
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 1402085397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment on a few aspects emphas- ing the linkage between biological and cultural developments during the Neolithic Revolution. The biological issues addressed in this chapter are as follows: × Is there a demographic change from the Natu an to the Neolithic? × Is there a change in the overall health of the Neolithic populations compared to the Natu an? × Is there a change in the diet and how is it expressed? × Is there a change in the physical burden/stress people had to bear with? × Is there a change in intra- and inter-community rates of violent encounters? From the cultural perspective the leading questions will be: × What was the change in the economy and when was it fully realized? × Is there a change in settlement patterns and site nature and organization from Natu an to Neolithic? × Is there a change in human activities and division of labor?
Author: Raine Morgan
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 204
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 934
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Amy Bogaard
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780415324854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book evaluates competing models of early crop husbandry in Central Europe using available archaeobotanical evidence.
Author: University of Edinburgh
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Published: 1930
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Shennan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-05-03
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1108397301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKnowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion from present-day Turkey. Using ideas from the disciplines of human behavioural ecology and cultural evolution, he explains how this process took place. The expansion was not the result of 'population pressure' but of the opportunities for increased fertility by colonising new regions that farming offered. The knowledge and resources for the farming 'niche' were passed on from parents to their children. However, Shennan demonstrates that the demographic patterns associated with the spread of farming resulted in population booms and busts, not continuous expansion.