The social dynamics behind the transition to farming in the Low Countries (5th millennium BC): from pottery technology to farmer-forager interactions Ghent University
The Low Countries have an international reputation as an interesting case study area for the spread of agriculture among foraging populations. Over the course of the 5th millennium BC, foragers in N Belgium and The Netherlands adopted three major technologies through contact with early farming populations: pottery production, followed by animal husbandry and crop cultivation. To date, however, the question remains which farming populations ...