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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
- 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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