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SUMMARY:Thirty-fourth McDonald Annual Lecture\, Prehistoric farming future
 s? Recent insights from western Asia and Europe - Professor Amy Bogaard\, 
 (University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk I explore how the deep past of farming can shape 
 more sustainable futures. The archaeology of early farmers offers opportun
 ities to rediscover lost crops\, ancient ecological knowledge and strategi
 es resilient to climate change. The Neolithic story ranges from the format
 ive agrobiodiversity of initial farming in western Asia\, to emerging pers
 pectives from ‘wet’ (lakeshore) Neolithics in south-east Europe and th
 e inventive efforts of early farming communities in central and western Eu
 rope to maintain biodiverse farming systems against the odds. Subsequent p
 rehistory reveals a sequence of intermittent simplification and loss of ag
 robiodiversity\, notably where power structures constrained farming strate
 gies. These processes increased social vulnerability to climate change. Eq
 ually\, however\, the archaeological record preserves forms of resistance 
 through smallholder farming\, dispersal of new crops through long-distance
  networks and resurgences of ‘Neolithic’ agroecology. The prehistory o
 f farming reveals its creative beginnings and radical future potential\, f
 rom rural production to (sub)urban gardening.
LOCATION:The McCrum Lecture Theatre
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