Preface; Contents; 1 The Loess-Covered Region West of the River Rhine, 5300 BCAD 1000; 2 Sources; 3 The Beginning: 5300 BC4900 BC; 4 Heirs to the First Farmers: 4900 BC4300 BC; 5 Innovation and Expansion: 4300 BC2650 BC; 6 The First Millennia of Agricultural Landscape; 7 Towards a More Complex Society: 2650 BC50 BC; 8 Part of the Roman Empire: 50 BCAD 407; 9 The Early Middle Ages: AD 407AD 1000; 10 The Birth of the Cultural Landscape; 11 Summing Up Six Millennia of Agriculture; Source of Figures and Tables; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Deals with the early history of agriculture in a defined part of Western Europe: the loess belt west of the river Rhine. This book presents information starting with the first farmers and ending when food production was no longer the chief source of livelihood for the population. It covers the long period, 5300 BC - AD 1000
