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Gardening, foraging and herding: Neolithic land use and social territories in Southern Italy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John Robb  and
Doortje Van Hove
John Robb
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ UK (Email: jer39@cam.ac.uk)
Doortje Van Hove
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BF UK (Email: dvh198@soton.ac.uk)
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Abstract

The authors explore the use of land in Neolithic south Italy, showing how the new territories combined arable farming with hunting and foraging wild resources from the hinterland.

Keywords

NeolithicItalyhuntinggatheringarable
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 296 , June 2003 , pp. 241 - 254
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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