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Zusatztext This is an impressive volume...a state-of-the-art compendium of work...it deserves to become a classic source of information. Klappentext This wide-ranging collection of essays covers the transformation from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic farmers. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative treatment by leading specialists, and provides the best available overview of this fundamental change in human society. Zusammenfassung This wide-ranging collection of essays covers the transformation from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic farmers. It offers a comprehensive and authoritative treatment by leading specialists, and provides the best available overview of this fundamental change in human society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: transitions and transformations From Mesolithic to Neolithic modes of thought From Mesolithic to Early Neolithic in the western Mediterranean Neighbours but diverse: social change in north-west Iberia during the transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic (5500-4000 cal BC) Beyond the models: 'Neolithisation' in Central Europe Beyond 'migration' versus 'acculturation': new models for the spread of agriculture Mobility, specialisation and community diversity in the Linearbandkeramik: isotopic evidence from the skeletons Exploiting molecular and isotopic signals at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition Neolithic cattle domestication as seen from ancient DNA Substitution of species, techniques and symbols at the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Europe The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Paris Basin: a review Neolithic fragrances : Mesolithic-Neolithic interactions in western France Changing places: monuments and the Neolithic transition in western France The neolithisation of the Scheldt basin in western Belgium The gradual transition to farming in the Lower Rhine Basin Mesolithic myths The Neolithic sensory revolution: monumentality and the experience of landscape Houses, bodies and tombs Neolithic farming in Britain and central Europe: contrast or continuity? The temporality of transformation: dating the early development of the southern British Neolithic The Thames Valley in the late fifth and early fourth millennium cal BC: the appearance of domestication and the evidence for change Mesolithic-Neolithic transitions in Britain: from essence to inhabitation From Picardie to Pickering and Pencraig Hill? New information on the 'Carinated Bowl Neolithic' in northern Britain From midden to megalith? The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Britain The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Scotland: a review and new evidence from Tiree Parallel worlds or multi-stranded identities? Considering the process of 'going over' in Ireland and the Irish Sea zone From fish and seal to sheep and cattle: new research into the process of neolithisation in northern Germany Mistrust traditions, consider innovations? The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in southern Scandinavia Going over: people and their times ...
