The earliest farmers in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7654779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tjeerd H Van Andel (University of Cambridge), Curtis N Runnels, Curtis Runnels (Boston University) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 264 |
| Pages | 481-500 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00081886 |
| OpenAlex | W2467146859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 129 |
| References cited | 50 |
Some 9000 years ago the first European farmers established themselves in the empty plains of Thessaly, the only region in Greece that provided a reasonably assured harvest and was large enough for significant population growth. They flourished there and after more than a thousand years spread to the Balkans and beyond. The recognition that their success may have depended on the natural irrigation of river and lake floodplains leads us to a modified version of the wave-of-advance model of demic diffusion
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