Early European Agriculture

Its Foundation and Development
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-10506-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

First printed in 1982, this is the third and final volume to be published as a result of the British Academy Major Research Project on the Early History of Agriculture, carried out in the Department of Archaeology in Cambridge under the direction of the late Eric Higgs. After his death in 1976, the Project was drawn to its conclusion by his associates, and this book is effectively a summary of the results of the Project. The first two volumes, Papers in Economic Prehistory and Palacoeconomy, argued that the development of agriculture was a much more gradual and widespread phenomenon than had been thought previously. This book now discusses the origins and early development of prehistoric agriculture within the framework of prehistoric subsistence economies in general. Early human economies are viewed in their adaptation to three crucial resource zones: the uplands, the lowlands and the littorals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarman, M. R.

Bailey, G. N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Philosophy and basic principles; 2. Territories and mobility; 3. Palaeoeconomic perspectives; 4. Coasts, lakes, and littorals; 5. The Lowlands; 6. The uplands; 7. The megaliths: a problem in palaeoethology.