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Proceedings of an October 1998 conference held in Venice, Italy, recognizing the contribution of Luca Cavalli-Sforza in pioneering the interdisciplinary study of archaeology and human genetics. Eighteen contributions are organized into sections on looking backward at the spread of farming; the origins of agriculture; transitions in southern Europe, and in Central and Northern Europe; human genes and languages; and future research directions. A sampling of topics: a comparative perspective on investigating agricultural transitions, radiocarbon dating and interpretations of the mesolithic-neolithic transition in Italy, neolithic dispersals in riverine interior central Europe, and the mitochondrial landscape. No subject index. Distributed by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)