Neolithic Farming in Central Europe - 9780415324861

Taylor & Francis

Neolithic Farming in Central EuropeAn Archaeobotanical Study of Crop Husbandry Practices\nAuthor(s): Amy Bogaard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415324861, 978-0415324861\nSynopsis\nNeolithic Farming in Central Europe examines the nature of the earliest crop cultivation, a subject that illuminates the lives of Neolithic farming families and the day-to-day reality of the transition from hunting and gathering to farming.\n\nDebate surrounding the nature of crop husbandry in Neolithic central Europe has focussed on the permanence of cultivation, its intensity and its seasonality: variables that carry different implications for Neolithic society.\n\nAmy 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 charred crop and weed assemblages.\n.