Gardens and fields: the intensity and scale of food production

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I would like to thank the contributors and those who refereed the papers for contributing to the volume and enhancing my own understanding of the topic.

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Marijke van der Veen is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester. She studied history and archaeology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and gained a PhD from Sheffied University. She is author of Crop Husbandry Regimes (1992), editor of The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa (1999) and editor of Luxury Foods: World Archaeology 34(3) (2003). Her research focuses on ancient agriculture and the archaeology of food.

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Marijke van der Veen

Marijke van der Veen is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Leicester. She studied history and archaeology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands and gained a PhD from Sheffied University. She is author of Crop Husbandry Regimes (1992), editor of The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa (1999) and editor of Luxury Foods: World Archaeology 34(3) (2003). Her research focuses on ancient agriculture and the archaeology of food.