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Prehistoric Farming in Europe

Door Graeme Barker

Categorie
Prehistorie & Oudheid
Boeknummer
#348872-VD33
Titel
Prehistoric Farming in Europe
Auteur
Barker, Graeme
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1985
ISBN10
0521269695
ISBN13
9780521269698
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, b/w illustrations and maps, 8vo. New Studies in Archaeology.
Samenvatting
Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in this book a masterly account of prehistoric farming in Europe on a unique scale. He makes use of modern archaeological techniques to reconstruct the lives of prehistoric farmers in remarkable detail. Not only do we now have a vivid picture of the prehistoric farmyard, but we know what animals were kept, how they were fed and why they were bred. Evidence for crops grown and techniques of cultivation and husbandry helps recreate the prehistoric landscape. Even the social organisation that determined the use of resources, and provided the crucial stimulus for agricultural change, can be relived. Graeme Barker develops his argument thro... (Lees verder)ugh analogies with the agricultural history of classical and medieval Europe and concludes that today's industrial farmers can learn much from the successes and failures of early European farming.
Pagina's
327
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 9,00

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