TY - BOOK AU - Shennan,Stephen TI - The first farmers of Europe: an evolutionary perspective T2 - Cambridge world archaeology SN - 9781108422925 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - GN803 .S47 2018 U1 - 936 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Agriculture, Prehistoric KW - Europe KW - Neolithic period N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-245) and index; 1. Introduction: population, resources and life histories; 2. The origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia; 3. The first westward expansion of farming; 4. The spread of farming into Central Europe; 5. Maritime expansion in the Central and West Mediterranean; 6. Continental temperate Europe 7000-5500 BP: internal expansion and adaptation; 7. First farmers in southern Scandinavia; 8. The farming colonisation of Britain and Ireland; 9. Conclusion: evolutionary patterns and processes ER -