Amy Bogaard reviews the archaeological evidence for four major competing models of Neolithic crop husbandry--shifting cultivation, extensive plough cultivation, floodplain cultivation, and intensive garden cultivation--and evaluates charre...
A wide ranging, thematic survey of the archaeological evidence for the period 8000-2000 BC when the last hunting and food collecting societies of Europe were replaced by the agricultural settlements of Neolithic Europe.
The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments--including Stonehenge-- were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Students of prehistory have long found the highly theoretical interpretations of th...
Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of the existing debate by inviting archeologists from different countries with the Atlantic zone to examine the relationship between landscape features and pre...
Dr. Whittle reviews the latest archaeological evidence on Neolithic Europe from 7000 to 2500 BC. Describing important areas, sites and problems, he addresses the major themes that have engaged the attention of scholars: the transition from ...