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• Murky Waters in the Most Ancient East An essay with references by Mike Shupp on the status of V. Gordon Childe's view of the Neolithic Revolution in anthropological theory today.
  
• 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.
  
• Orkney Archaeology A photographic library of artifacts from Neolithic sites recovered from a group of over 70 islands located north of Scotland.
  
• First Farmers With No Taste for Grain Bone analysis suggests Neolithic people preferred meat to cereals, writes Mike Richards in British Archaeology.
  
• 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.
  
• How Agriculture Came to Central Europe Paper presented by Peter Bogucki at the annual meeting for the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, May 1995.
  
• Agricultural Revolution A learning module from Washington State University.
  
• Origins and Ancient History of Wines A description of the Neolithic origins of wine.
  
• Aceramic Neolithic of Turkey A virtual gallery of the Interactive Museum of Turkey.
  
• The Neolithic Age A overview of archaeological sites in Asia Minor.
  
• Domestication An overview of the domestication process.
  
• The Neolithic Age in Sakishima Site describes aspects of the Neolithic of Japan as seen from prehistoric sites on the islands on the Ryukyu archipelago, (the Sakishima).
  
• Evolution of Crop Plants Course materials in on the Neolithic Revolution from the University of California, Davis.
  
• Origins of Agriculture An article that describes the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in both the New and Old World.
  
• The Domestication of Plants and Animals An article describing the implications of the Neolithic Revolution for human societies around the world.
  
• 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.
  
• Neolithic in Eurasia An overview by Geraldine Reinhardt that concentrates on the Neolithic period in Eurasia.
  
• The Neolithic In Anatolia A review of the archaeological data from Anatolia (Turkey) for the Neolithic.
  
• Ancient Chinese Rice Archaeological Project Study of rice in Neolithic and Epi-Palaeolithic archaeological paddy sites on the middle Yangtze River by the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
  
• Neolithic of Cyprus A short article on the Neolithic Periods I & II of Cyprus.
  
• The Neolithic Period General overview of the period from the Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes links to related subjects.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Domestication of the Horse An article describing the Neolithic origins of the domesticated horse.
  
• Neolithic Studies Group A loose-knit collectivity of archaeologists, mainly from Britain and the Atlantic seaboard countries of the European Union, with an interest in the Neolithic period.
  
• Neolithic Turkey An essay describing several prominent archaeological sites in Turkey.
  
• The Whittlesey People Prehistoric farmers in what is now northeastern Ohio whose culture was the culmination of almost 12,000 years of prehistoric occupation.
  
• Neolithic North Africa An article describing the importance of North Africa as one of the main corridors of Neolithic diffusion into Europe.
  
• The Origins of Agriculture An annotated collection of links on the origin of food production.
  
• The Neolithic in South American Prehistory A report describing the spread of food production in South America.
  
• 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.
  
• The Agricultural Revolution A brief summary from Idea Works of the factors involved in the spread of agriculture.
  
• The Emergence of Civilization in the Ancient Near East A chronology events from the palaeolithic period onwards to the Neolithic Revolution.
  
• Faiyum Neolithic Artifacts A gallery of stone tools from the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt dated to approximately 4200 - 3800 BC.