Neolithic: a chronological period characterized by the development of agriculture and, hence, an increasing emphasis on sedentism. The phrase "Neolithic Revolution" was coined by V.G. Childe in 1941 to describe the origin and consequences of farming and the development of settled village life. Art@ (3) 1. Human Biology and the First Farmers of Western Europe - Mary Jackes, David Lubell and Christopher Meiklejohn discuss the effects of the transition to agriculture on human health. 2. Neolithic Studies Group - Loose-knit group of archaeologists, mainly from Britain and the Atlantic seaboard countries of the European Union, with an interest in the Neolithic period. Gives details of meetings and publications. 3. The Origins of Agriculture - An annotated collection of links on the origin of food production. 4. Aceramic Neolithic of Turkey - A virtual gallery of the Interactive Museum of Turkey. 5. Aegean and Cyprus in the Early Holocene: Brothers or Distant Relatives? - Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 1(1). This paper discusses the neolithication of the Aegean as opposed to Cyprus. 6. Agricultural Revolution - A learning module from Washington State University. 7. Ancient Neolithic Architecture - Great Buildings Online gives images, with commentary and sources, of outstanding monuments built by Neolithic societies: Stonehenge and the Temple at Tarxien, Malta. 8. ArchAtlas: Archaeological Atlas Project - Uses satellite images and electronic mapping to interpret the location and spread of early farming and urban communities across the world. 9. Domestication of the Horse - An article describing the Neolithic origins of the domesticated horse. 10. Evolution of Crop Plants - Course materials in on the Neolithic Revolution from the University of California, Davis. 11. Faiyum Neolithic Artifacts - A gallery of stone tools from the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt dated to approximately 4200 - 3800 BC. 12. First Farmers With No Taste for Grain - Bone analysis suggests Neolithic people preferred meat to cereals, writes Mike Richards in British Archaeology. 13. Gardening History Timeline - From Ancient Times - Provides a general overview of global plant domesitication beginning in the Neolithic. Includes archaeological discoveries in both Old and New worlds. 14. Hairy Clues to the Iceman's Diet - The neolithic man discovered in an Italian glacier in 1991 carried a bow and arrows, leading archaeologists to label him a hunter. Chemical analysis of his hair now indicates that he was a vegetarian. 15. How Agriculture Came to Central Europe - Paper presented by Peter Bogucki at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995. 16. Indo-Europeans in the Eastern Baltic in the View of an Archaeologist - The prehistoric appearance of Indo-Europeans in the Eastern Baltic region is generally thought to be linked with the establishment of the first pre-Baltic and early Baltic territory. 17. Neolithic Turkey - An essay describing several prominent archaeological sites in Turkey. 18. Origins and Ancient History of Wines - A description of the Neolithic origins of wine. 19. Orkney Archaeology - A photographic library of artifacts from Neolithic sites recovered from a group of over 70 islands located north of Scotland. 20. Prehistoric cave of Foissac - Foissac prehistoric cave : two different worlds are waiting for you ! 21. Study Suggests Neolithic Migration - Stanford researchers find that genetics can predict the presence of certain artifacts, supporting theories that prehistoric people migrated from the Middle East to Europe, reports Science Daily. 22. The Agricultural Revolution - A brief summary from Idea Works of the factors involved in the spread of agriculture. 23. The Agricultural Revolution - A tutorial produced by the Learning Commons of Washington State University. The tutorial provides background information on the transition from hunting and gathering to food production. 24. The Neolithic Diaspora in Europe - An article that describes the migration and dispersal of farmers and the adoption of crops and livestock by indigenous foragers. 25. The Neolithic Mosaic on the North European Plain - This essay examines the issue of migration among Neolithic peoples and how this shaped cultural developments during this period in Europe. 26. The Origins of Agriculture as a Natural Experiment in Cultural Evolution - An article by Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Robert L. Bettinger that speculates on evolutionary factors driving the Neolithic Revolution. 27. The Slow Birth of Agriculture - An essay arguing that people began cultivating some crops long before they embraced agriculture, and that crop cultivation and village life often did not go hand in hand. 28. Vucedol Culture - Vucedol culture flourished between 3000 and 2200 BC in what is now modern Croatia. Their copper metallurgy was based on a new process of mass casting. This culture had a great influence on other contemporary cultures in the European heritage. This web site claims they invented the first European calendar and presented it in their ceramics. 29. Why Only Some Became Farmers - Noel Broadbent, Goran Burenhult, and Moreau Maxwell discuss the sweeping changes associated with adoption of food production and offer an explanation why these events only took place independently in a few locations.

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