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Course Description
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Course Name
Hunters and Farmers in Early Europe
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Host University
University of Galway
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Location
Galway, Ireland
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Area of Study
Archaeology, European Studies
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Course Level Recommendations
Lower
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ECTS Credits
5 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits2
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units3
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Course Description: This course introduces evidence from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods of Western Asia and Europe, to create a context for the understanding of the Early prehistory of Ireland. We will look particularly at the possible reasons why communities who lived by foraging and hunting adopted agriculture and what implications those changes had. The course begins with an overview, followed by an examination of various aspects of Mesolithic society. The origin of farming in Western Asia is next, followed by the Neolithic of the central and north European plain and the introduction of agriculture to Western Europe, particularly to Britain and Ireland. The development of ritual and burial monuments will be explored towards the end of the course. Core Texts- B. Cunliffe (ed) 1994 Prehistoric Europe: The Oxford Illustrated History of PrehistoricEurope. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Whittle, A. 1996. Europein the Neolithic: The Creation of New Worlds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Price, D.T. 1987 The Mesolithic of Western Europe.
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