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Early European Agriculture

Author : British Academy. Major Research Project in the Early History of Agriculture
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521243599
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Early European Agriculture written by British Academy. Major Research Project in the Early History of Agriculture and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-10-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First printed in 1982, this is the third and final volume to be published as a result of the British Academy Major Research Project on the Early History of Agriculture, carried out in the Department of Archaeology in Cambridge under the direction of the late Eric Higgs. After his death in 1976, the Project was drawn to its conclusion by his associates, and this book is effectively a summary of the results of the Project. The first two volumes, Papers in Economic Prehistory and Palacoeconomy, argued that the development of agriculture was a much more gradual and widespread phenomenon than had been thought previously. This book now discusses the origins and early development of prehistoric agriculture within the framework of prehistoric subsistence economies in general. Early human economies are viewed in their adaptation to three crucial resource zones: the uplands, the lowlands and the littorals.

Europe's First Farmers

Author : T. Douglas Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521665728
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Europe's First Farmers written by T. Douglas Price and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by leading specialists on a central issue of European history: the transition to farming.

A History of Agriculture in Europe and America

Author : Norman Scott Brien Gras
Publisher : New York, Crofts
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A History of Agriculture in Europe and America written by Norman Scott Brien Gras and published by New York, Crofts. This book was released on 1925 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Origins of Agriculture in Europe

Author : I. J. Thorpe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134620098
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Agriculture in Europe written by I. J. Thorpe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origins of Agriculture in Europe takes a look at current ideas in the light of a considerable mass of literature and archaeological evidence; examining the transition to agriculture through the comparison of social and economic developments across Europe. In this volume, I.J.Thorpe manages to evaluate various alternative explanations in detailed examples, whilst also succeeding in addressing the broader theoretical questions which form the nucleus of contemporary debates. This clearly written and accessible text is an extremely valuable resource for students of European prehistory.

Farmers at the Frontier

Author : Kurt J Gron
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789251419
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Farmers at the Frontier written by Kurt J Gron and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All farming in prehistoric Europe ultimately came from elsewhere in one way or another, unlike the growing numbers of primary centers of domestication and agricultural origins worldwide. This fact affects every aspect of our understanding of the start of farming on the continent because it means that ultimately, domesticated plants and animals came from somewhere else, and from someone else. In an area as vast as Europe, the process by which food production becomes the predominant subsistence strategy is of course highly variable, but in a sense the outcome is the same, and has the potential for addressing more large-scale questions regarding agricultural origins. Therefore, a detailed understanding of all aspects of farming in its absolute earliest form in various regions of Europe can potentially provide a new perspective on the mechanisms by which this monumental change comes to human societies and regions. In this volume, we aim to collect various perspectives regarding the earliest farming from across Europe. Methodological approaches, archaeological cultures, and geographic locations in Europe are variable, but all papers engage with the simple question: What was the earliest farming like? This volume opens a conversation about agriculture just after the transition in order to address the role incoming people, technologies, and adaptations have in secondary adoptions. The book starts with an introduction by the editors which will serve to contextualize the theme of the volume. The broad arguments concerning the process of neolithisation are addressed, and the rationale for the volume discussed. Contributions are ordered geographically and chronologically, given the progression of the Neolithic across Europe. The editors conclude the volume with a short commentary paper regarding the theme of the volume.

War, Agriculture, and Food

Author : Paul Brassley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136327231
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book War, Agriculture, and Food written by Paul Brassley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This book examines a range of European countries, from Scandinavia to Spain and Ireland to Hungary, during this crucial period, and identifies the common pressures to which they all responded and the features that were unique to individual countries. In particular, it examines the processes of agricultural development over western Europe as a whole, the impact of the war on international trading patterns, the relationships between states and farmers, and the changing identities of rural populations. It presents a bold attempt to write rural history on a European scale, and will be of interest not only to historians and historical geographers, but also to those interested in the historical background to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, to which the changes discussed here provided a dramatic prologue.

The First European Agriculture

Author : Jacqueline Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The First European Agriculture written by Jacqueline Murray and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Farmers of Europe

Author : Stephen Shennan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108395260
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book The First Farmers of Europe written by Stephen Shennan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge of the origin and spread of farming has been revolutionised in recent years by the application of new scientific techniques, especially the analysis of ancient DNA from human genomes. In this book, Stephen Shennan presents the latest research on the spread of farming by archaeologists, geneticists and other archaeological scientists. He shows that it resulted from a population expansion from present-day Turkey. Using ideas from the disciplines of human behavioural ecology and cultural evolution, he explains how this process took place. The expansion was not the result of 'population pressure' but of the opportunities for increased fertility by colonising new regions that farming offered. The knowledge and resources for the farming 'niche' were passed on from parents to their children. However, Shennan demonstrates that the demographic patterns associated with the spread of farming resulted in population booms and busts, not continuous expansion.

Early European Agriculture

Author : G. N. Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Early European Agriculture written by G. N. Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Agriculture in the Middle Ages

Author : Martin Bakers
Publisher : Cambridge Stanford Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agriculture in the Middle Ages written by Martin Bakers and published by Cambridge Stanford Books. This book was released on with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Middle Ages agriculture underwent many changes. The nobles and the clergy were considered the most important members of the feudal society. However, they were never the majority: in the Middle Ages, almost all people were peasants. Not all farmers had the same category and social status. Many of them were free men. Among these, some were small landowners who lived on their own land, while others, the settlers, leased the feudal lord a small plot of land.

Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe Since 1870

Author : Pedro Lains
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134095449
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe Since 1870 written by Pedro Lains and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst many books on the European economy have focused on the analysis of its industrial sectors, this book draws attention to the often ignored contribution made by the development of European agriculture over the past two centuries. In doing so, the authors adopt a revisionist perspective on the subject, addressing the lack of coherent study of the agricultural sector and reassessing old theories about the links between agricultural and economic development. In focusing on those countries which by 1870 still had a large agricultural sector, namely, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Hungary, Greece and Turkey, this book determines the role of the agricultural sector in the economic development of Europe. These chapters demonstrate how the rate of development in the agricultural sector depended on specific industrial, political and market conditions; the diversity of ways and timings through which transformation was achieved is also considered.

A History of Agriculture in Europe and America

Author : Norman Scott Brien Gras
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book A History of Agriculture in Europe and America written by Norman Scott Brien Gras and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Western European Loess Belt

Author : Corrie C. Bakels
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402098405
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Western European Loess Belt written by Corrie C. Bakels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the early history of agriculture in a defined part of Western Europe: the loess belt west of the river Rhine. It is a well-illustrated book that integrates existing and new information, starting with the first farmers and ending when food production was no longer the chief source of livelihood for the entire population. The loess belt was chosen because it is a region with only one type of soil and climate as these are all-important factors where farming is concerned. Subjects covered are crops, crop cultivation, livestock and livestock handling, the farm and its yard, and the farm in connection with other farms. Crop plants and animals are described, together with their origin. New tools such as the plough, wheen, wagon and scythe are introduced. Groundplans of farm buildings, the history of the outhouse and the presence or absence of hamlets are presented as well, and the impact of farming on the landscape is not forgotten. The loess belt was not an island and the world beyond its boundaries was important for new ideas, new materials and new people. Summarising six millennia of agriculture, the thinking in terms of the Western European loess belt as one agricultural-cultural unit seems justified.

Early European Agriculture

Author : M. R. Jarman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521105064
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Early European Agriculture written by M. R. Jarman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First printed in 1982, this is the third and final volume to be published as a result of the British Academy Major Research Project on the Early History of Agriculture, carried out in the Department of Archaeology in Cambridge under the direction of the late Eric Higgs. After his death in 1976, the Project was drawn to its conclusion by his associates, and this book is effectively a summary of the results of the Project. The first two volumes, Papers in Economic Prehistory and Palacoeconomy, argued that the development of agriculture was a much more gradual and widespread phenomenon than had been thought previously. This book now discusses the origins and early development of prehistoric agriculture within the framework of prehistoric subsistence economies in general. Early human economies are viewed in their adaptation to three crucial resource zones: the uplands, the lowlands and the littorals.

Early European Agriculture

Author : Eric Sidney Higgs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Early European Agriculture written by Eric Sidney Higgs and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Prehistoric Farming in Europe

Author : Graeme Barker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521269698
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Farming in Europe written by Graeme Barker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-07-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 through 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.

Ancient Agriculture

Author : Gabriel Alonso de Herrera
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781423601203
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Agriculture written by Gabriel Alonso de Herrera and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Agriculture is the first English edition of Obra de Agricultura by Gabriel Alonso de Herrera, an agriculture instruction manual originally written in Granada, Spain, in 1513 and published there in 1539. Herrera, widely considered the Father of Modern Spanish Agriculture, wrote this treatise nearly five centuries ago, thoughtfully recounting traditional farming techniques of the Moors before their expulsion from Spain, the Spanish colonizers in the early 1600s, and the rural Indo-Hispano bioregion spanning northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Today, farmers, gardeners, and ecological horticulturists are striving to work in harmony with nature, using traditional irrigation methods (involving acequias, sangras, and arroyos) to transform barren high-desert landscapes into fields supporting crop growth. This book speaks to today's farmers, no matter their size or output, in drought-ridden areas with land patterns characterized by natural ditches (acequias) and community water distribution systems (suertes). This type of agriculture exists not only in the American Southwest but from the Philippines to India to the Middle East. With global warming, water usage, and increased populations today, this book is more pertinent now than ever. Practical as well as philosophical, The Art of Agriculture will fascinate anyone interested in organic farming, sustainable agriculture, and permaculture worldwide.