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- Title
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE.
- Authors
Bonsall, Clive; Macklin, Mark G.; Anderson, David E.; Payton, Robert W.
- Abstract
Farming can be shown to have spread very rapidly across the British Isles and southern Scandinavia around 6000 years ago, following a long period of stasis when the agricultural 'frontier' lay further south on the North European Plain between northern France and northern Poland. The reasons for the delay in the adoption of agriculture on the north-west fringe of Europe have been debated by archaeologists for decades. Here, we present fresh evidence that this renewed phase of agricultural expansion was triggered by a significant change in climate. This finding may also have implications for understanding the timing of the expansion of farming into some upland areas of southern and mid-latitude Europe.
- Subjects
SCANDINAVIA; CLIMATE change; GEOGRAPHICAL positions; AGRICULTURE; CROP insurance; INDUSTRIAL arts; PRIMITIVE technology; CLIMATOLOGY
- Publication
European Journal of Archaeology, 2002, Vol 5, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1461-9571
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/eja.2002.5.1.9