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Advance: 5: The First Farmers

on BBC One London

Ten programmes about prehistoric man's first steps in technology.

How did man first start growing crops? What tools did he use? What were his fields like? What effect did it have on the landscape? These questions are discussed and illustrated by Nicholas Thomas, Assistant Keeper, Department of Archaeology, Birmingham City Museum; G. W. Dimbleby, Professor of Human Environment, Institute of Archaeology, University of London; Peter Wood, Lecturer in Geography, University of Reading.
A BBC Educational broadcast

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Thomas
Presenter:
G. W. Dimbleby
Presenter:
Peter Wood
Animations:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
Paul Johnstone

BBC One London

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