The Beginnings of the agriculture [8th annual Association for environmental archaeology conference, held at the University college Cardiff, GB, 18th-21th September 1987

Front Cover Copyright Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Conference Report Addresses of Contributors Part I: Theoretical Approaches to the Beginning, Spread, and Organisation of Agriculture Chapter 1: Towards the Integration of Social and Ecological Approaches to the Study of Early Agriculture Chapter 2: Like Rising Damp? An Ecological Approach to the Spread of Farming in South East and Central Europe Chapter 3: Hierarchical Approaches to the Evolution of Complex Agricultural Systems Part II: Domestication Chapter 4: Size and Sex: Evidence for the Domestication of Cattle in the Near East Part III: The Earliest Agriculture in Continential Europe: Theory, Methodology, and Agricultural Practice Chapter 5: The Cereal Pollen Record and Early Agriculture Chapter 6: Pollen Analytical Evidence for the Beginning of Agriculture in South Central Europe Chapter 7: Botanical Investigations at the Neolithic Lake Village at Weier, North East Switzerland: Leaf Hay and Cereals as Animal Fodder Chapter 8: The Evidence for Early Rye Cultivation in North West Europe Part IV: The Adoption of Agriculture in the British Isles: Theory and Evidence Chapter 9: Cattle and Sheep in Britain and Northern Europe Up to the Atlantic Period: A Personal Viewpoint Chapter 10: The Evidence for Cereal Cultivation and Animal Husbandry in the Southern British Neolithic and Bronze Age Chapter 11: Milking the Evidence: A Reply to Entwistle and Grant Chapter 12: Cereals, Fruit, and Nuts: Charred Plant Remains from Neolithic Sites in England and Wales and the Neolithic Economy Part V: Concluding Remarks