Neolithic Prehistory Periods and Cultures Archaeology

Neolithic

Neolithic: a chronological period characterized by the development of agriculture and, hence, an increasing emphasis on sedentism. The phrase "Neolithic Revolution" was coined by V.G. Childe in 1941 to describe the origin and consequences of farming and the development of settled village life.

• - The prehistoric appearance of Indo-Europeans in the Eastern Baltic region is generally thought to be linked with the establishment of the first pre-Baltic and early Baltic territory.
  
• - An annotated collection of links on the origin of food production.
  
• - A overview of archaeological sites in Asia Minor.
  
• - Mary Jackes, David Lubell and Christopher Meiklejohn discuss the effects of the transition to agriculture on human health.
  
• - Course materials in on the Neolithic Revolution from the University of California, Davis.
  
• - A description of the Neolithic origins of wine.
  
• - Information about the film with the same title, as well as the latest news, including a photo gallery, and an overview of the forensic evidence.
  
• - Great Buildings Online gives images, with commentary and sources, of outstanding monuments built by Neolithic societies: Stonehenge and the Temple at Tarxien, Malta.
  
• - An article by Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Robert L. Bettinger that speculates on evolutionary factors driving the Neolithic Revolution.
  
• - An essay describing several prominent archaeological sites in Turkey.
  
• - Bone analysis suggests Neolithic people preferred meat to cereals, writes Mike Richards in British Archaeology.
  
• - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(1). This paper discusses the neolithication of the Aegean as opposed to Cyprus.
  
• - The neolithic man discovered in an Italian glacier in 1991 carried a bow and arrows, leading archaeologists to label him a hunter. Chemical analysis of his hair now indicates that he was a vegetarian.
  
• - An essay arguing that people began cultivating some crops long before they embraced agriculture, and that crop cultivation and village life often did not go hand in hand.
  
• - An overview of the archaeological sequences of Thessaly, Crete, and the Cyclades.
  
• - A brief summary from Idea Works of the factors involved in the spread of agriculture.
  
• - An article describing the Neolithic origins of the domesticated horse.
  
• - A virtual gallery of the Interactive Museum of Turkey.
  
• - A loose-knit collectivity of archaeologists, mainly from Britain and the Atlantic seaboard countries of the European Union, with an interest in the Neolithic period.
  
• - Foissac prehistoric cave : two different worlds are waiting for you !
  
• - Paper presented by Peter Bogucki at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995.
  
• - A learning module from Washington State University.
  
• - Vucedol culture flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC in what is now modern Croatia. Their copper metallurgy was based on a new process of mass casting. This culture had a great influence on other contemporary cultures in the European heritage. This web sit
  
• - An article that describes the migration and dispersal of farmers and the adoption of crops and livestock by indigenous foragers.
  
• - Provides a general overview of global plant domesitication beginning in the Neolithic. Includes archaeological discoveries in both Old and New worlds.
  
• - Prehistoric farmers in what is now northeastern Ohio whose culture was the culmination of almost 12,000 years of prehistoric occupation.
  
• - Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few locations.
  
• - A photographic library of artifacts from Neolithic sites recovered from a group of over 70 islands located north of Scotland.
  
• - An article describing the importance of North Africa as one of the main corridors of Neolithic diffusion into Europe.
  
• - This essay examines the issue of migration among Neolithic peoples and how this shaped cultural developments during this period in Europe.
  
• - Stanford researchers find that genetics can predict the presence of certain artifacts, supporting theories that prehistoric people migrated from the Middle East to Europe, reports Science Daily.
  
• - A gallery of stone tools from the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt dated to approximately 4200 - 3800 BC.
  
  

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