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The Neolithic of southern France
ancient france : neolithic societies and their landscapes, 6000-2000 bc • Edinburgh • Published In 1983 • Pages: 91-145, 344-380
By: Mills, Nigel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document contains an introduction to the Early Neolithic in southern France. Mills names Impressed Ware sites and briefly describes the ceramics, stone and bone technology, settlement patterns, and the economy (hunting, herding, gathering, and some cultivation). Other Neolithic societies for the area are also briefly described. Mills mostly describes the geology, soils, climate, soil formation, agricultural potential of various soils, and the vegetation in Provence and Languedoc to help the reader understand the "man-land relationsips" and to get a better idea of where one should expect to find sites at various time periods during the Neolithic.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Topography and geology
- Soil
- Flora
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Settlement patterns
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Impressed Ware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- General Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7000 BP - 6000 BP (5000 b.c. - 4000 b.c.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Provence and Languedoc, Southern France
- NotesAdditional notes
- Nigel Mills
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 344-380)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84112334
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Europe--Antiquities