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Publication
The Great Courses (2000), 6 hours, 12 lectures
Description
Professor Adams begins with definitions pertinent to European Neolithc prehistory and includes a discussion of conditions necessary for the invention and maintenance of agriculture and pastoralism and the Agricultural Revolution. The course concentrates on the first highly developed Neolithic culture of southern Britain, the Windmill Hill Culture at Avebury, and ends with a consideration of several aspects of the legacy of Neolithic culture, not only in Western Europe but in general.
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An audio course from the teaching company. This one didn't grab me while I was listening, but all these courses have great outlines and bibliographies so you can get more deeply into the subject later.
Language
Original language
English
Local notes
[1] Definitions and environmental preconditions [2] The origins of agriculture and pastoralism [3] Variations in Western Asia : Jericho and Catal Hüyük [4] The Neolithic moral revolution [5] Westward the new Stone Age [6] The Windmill Hill culture [7] From "Causewayed Camps" to "Henges" [8] Continental megalithic cultures [9] Avebury, cathedral in stone [10, 11] Stonehenge [12] The Neolithic legacy