The early Neolithic in Greece : the first farming communities in Europe /
"Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them domesticated plants and animals, new crafts and techniques, and establishing settled villages. They were Europe's first farmers, but Catherine Perles argues that the stimulus for the spread of agric...
| Main Author: | Perles, Catherine. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Series: |
Cambridge world archaeology.
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| Online Access: |
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Early Neolithic in Greece. |
| Summary: |
"Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them domesticated plants and animals, new crafts and techniques, and establishing settled villages. They were Europe's first farmers, but Catherine Perles argues that the stimulus for the spread of agriculture to Europe was a maritime colonisation movement involving small groups of people of various origins. With title competition from local hunter-gatherers, they recreated, to an unusual degree, a completely man-made environment, neglecting local resources or raw materials and favouring interaction with other communities. Drawing evidence from a wide range of archaeological sources, including often neglected 'small finds', and introducing daring new perspectives on funerary rituals and the distribution of figurines, she constructs a complex and subtle picture of early Neolithic societies, overturning the traditional view that these societies were simple and self-sufficient."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 356 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-343) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511016255 9780511016257 9780511612855 0511612850 9780511047671 0511047673 0511154461 9780511154461 |