Amy Bogaard

Neolithic Farming in Central Europe

An Archaeobotanical Study of Crop Husbandry Practices

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reviewing the archaeological evidence for four major competing models of Neolithic crop husbandry, this book reviews the earliest crop cultivation, and studies the consequences of the agricultural practices for our understanding of Neolithic society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9780415324861
• ISBN-10: 0415324866
• Artikelnr.: 21972875

Autorenporträt

Amy Bogaard is Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham. Her main research interests are early farming practices and archaeobotany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction  1. The Study Area and its Archaeological ackground  2. Models
of Crop Husbandry in Neolithic Central Europe  3. The Key Variables of
Permanence, Intensity and Seasonality and their Wider Implications  4.
Archaeobotanical, Ecological and Statistical Methodology  5. Testing the
Four Major Crop Husbandry Models  6. Identification of Separate Ecological
Gradients and Specific Crop Husbandry Practices  7. Conclusions: Neolithic
Farming in Central Europe