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The widening harvest : the Neolithic transition in Europe--looking back, looking forward / edited by Albert J. Ammerman and Paolo Biagi.

Penn Museum Library GN776.2.A1 W52 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Ammerman, Albert J., 1942-
Biagi, Paolo, 1948-
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Colloquia and conference papers ; no. 6.
Colloquia and conference papers ; 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Neolithic period--Europe--Congresses.
Neolithic period.
Mesolithic period--Europe--Congresses.
Mesolithic period.
Agriculture--Origin--Congresses.
Agriculture.
Human population genetics--Europe--Congresses.
Human population genetics.
Language and languages--Origin--Congresses.
Language and languages.
Language and languages--Origin.
Agriculture--Origin.
Europe--Antiquities--Congresses.
Europe.
Antiquities.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
xxii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Boston : Archaeological Institute of America, [2003]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Looking Back / Albert J. Ammerman 3
Part 2. The Origins of Agriculture
Chapter 2 Investigating Agricultural Transitions: A Comparative Perspective / Patty Jo Watson 27
Chapter 3 Paradigms and Transitions: Reflections on the Study of the Origins and Spread of Agriculture / David R. Harris 43
Chapter 4 The Abu Hureyra Project: Investigating the Beginning of Farming in Western Asia / Andrew M.T. Moore 59
Chapter 5 Investigating the Start of Cultivation in Western Eurasia: Studies of Plant Remains from Abu Hureyra on the Euphrates / Gordon Hillman 75
Chapter 6 Early Domestic Animals in Europe: Imported or Locally Domesticated? / Peter Rowley-Conwy 99
Part 3. The Transition in Southern Europe
Chapter 7 The Origins of the Greek Neolithic: A Personal View / Curtis Runnels 121
Chapter 8 A Review of the Late Mesolithic in Italy and Its Implication for the Neolithic Transition / Paolo Biagi 133
Chapter 9 Radiocarbon Dating and Interpretations of the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Italy / Robin Skeates 157
Chapter 10 Aspects de la Neolithisation en Mediterranee et en France / Jean Guilaine 189
Chapter 11 The Neolithic Transition in Portugal and the Role of Demic Diffusion in the Spread of Agriculture across West Mediterranean Europe / Joao Zilhao 207
Part 4. The Transition in Central and Northern Europe
Chapter 12 Origins of the Linear Pottery Complex and the Neolithic Transition in Central Europe / Malgorzata Kaczanowska, Janusz K. Kozlowski 227
Chapter 13 Neolithic Dispersals in Riverine Interior Central Europe / Peter Bogucki 249
Chapter 14 The Arrival of Agriculture in Europe as Seen from the North / T. Douglas Price 273
Part 5. Human Genes and Languages
Chapter 15 Returning to the Neolithic Transition in Europe / Luca L. Cavalli-Sforza 297
Chapter 16 European Ancestry: The Mitochondrial Landscape / Bryan Sykes 315
Chapter 17 The Neolithic Transition in Europe: Linguistic Aspects / Colin Renfrew 327
Part 6. Looking Forward
Appendix Two Resolutions 343.
Notes:
Proceedings of a conference held in Venice, Italy, Oct. 29-31, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
ISBN:
1931909059
OCLC:
52092002

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