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But if there’s lots of grain to steal, doesn’t that indicate they’re not in hunter/gatherer territory?
by Someone 4y ago
But if there’s lots of grain to steal, doesn’t that indicate they’re not in hunter/gatherer territory?
- usrusr 4y agoThat's what I meant: I take it as a given that if they were successfully invaded, they must have left the hunter/gatherer state behind, likely by a considerable margin.
- Someone 4y agoSorry, misread your comment
- xyzzyz 4y agoCentral and Western Europe have been farmed for thousands of years by that point. Farming in Southern France/Iberia was already well established around 7000 years BP (before present). By the time of Romans, the hunter-gatherer's lifestyle was wholly displaced from the area, with only minuscule fraction of resident population engaging in it, at best. See e.g. First Farmers of Europe, https://www.amazon.com/First-Farmers-Europe-Evolutionary-Perspective/dp/1108435211 https://www.amazon.com/First-Farmers-Europe-Evolutionary-Per...
- winReInstall 4y agoAfter all the grain has been stolen, you are in for a rough year where hunter/gathering might reappear + cannibalism. Imagine it less as a "civilization appears" moment, and more a "metal locusts from outer space eat previous civilization and leaf behind large slave farms after years of famine.