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Seeking the first farmers in western Sjælland, Denmark : the archaeology of the transition to agriculture in Northern Europe / T. Douglas Price.
Penn Museum Library GN827.S36 P75 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, T. Douglas (Theron Douglas), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture, Prehistoric--Denmark--Sjælland.
- Agriculture, Prehistoric.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Denmark--Sjælland.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Antiquities.
- Sjælland (Denmark)--Antiquities.
- Sjælland (Denmark).
- Denmark--Sjælland.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the table
- an introduction
- The Danish past
- History of archaeological research
- Monumental tombs
- An introduction to the region
- Organization of this book
- 2. Archaeological survey
- Survey of the Saltbæk Vig Drainage, Western Sjælland
- The research area
- The archaeological survey
- The results of the survey
- Analysis of data and maps
- Conclusions
- 3. Site testing
- 1. TMMbdr (aka Lindebjerg)
- 2. TMMbfb (aka Kastrup Holme)
- 3. TMMbfe
- 4. TMMbdv (aka Saltmade, Viggo's site)
- 5. TMMbfh (aka Mollie's Site)
- 6. TMMbfs
- 7. BREbbd: Engelsborg (aka the Midwife Site)
- 8. RAKbdl (aka Birkhøj)
- 9. RAKbay
- 10. RAKbbn
- 11. RAKbdg (aka Vildsvinepladsen)
- 12. RAKbba (aka Illerup Sand)
- 13. VISbao (aka Smakkerup Huse)
- Summary
- 4. Smakkerup Huse
- Introduction
- Excavations at Smakkerup Huse
- Discussion
- 5. Excavations at Trustrup
- Testing at Gravhojsmarken
- Excavations at Trustrup
- 6. Dragsholm and Etegebjerg
- Excavations at Dragsholm
- Excavations at Bøgebjerg
- 7. Farevejle Kro
- Excavations at Farevejle Kro
- Results of excavations
- Radiocarbon dating
- 8. Asnæs Havnemark
- Excavations at Asnæs Havnemark
- Interpretation
- 9. Conclusions
- Gobekli Tepe
- Climate change
- A map of cropland
- Origins of Agriculture Conference 2009
- Isotopes and teeth
- Seasonality and sedentism
- Ancient DNA
- Some answers
- The end.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1789257654
- 9781789257656
- OCLC:
- 1266256595
- Publisher Number:
- 99991151140
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