The evolution of Neolithic farming from SW Asian origins to NW European limits

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-156

  Colledge, Sue ^a   Conolly, James ^b   Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic plants; Early farming; LBK (Linearbandkeramik); Neolithic; Origins of agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848860081     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957105066937     Document Type: Review

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