Thembi Russell's thesis analyses and compares in meticulous detail two radiocarbon databases, one from Europe and the other from south-western Africa, in order to examine the circumstances and rate of the transition from hunter-gathering to farming. The evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites across Europe (9-5,000 years ago) is contrasted with the radiocarbon evidence for the first sheep farming in southern Africa (4,000 years ago). Graphs, maps and tables help to ...
Thembi Russell's thesis analyses and compares in meticulous detail two radiocarbon databases, one from Europe and the other from south-western Africa, in order to examine the circumstances and rate of the transition from hunter-gathering to farming. The evidence from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites across Europe (9-5,000 years ago) is contrasted with the radiocarbon evidence for the first sheep farming in southern Africa (4,000 years ago). Graphs, maps and tables help to illustrate the results.
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