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GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF PREHISTORIC FARMING PRACTICES Farming is when people and communities produce food from land through arable farming or by herding and tending livestock. Nowadays farming methods have become more sophisticated due to mechanisation but in the past it was very different. By examining archaeological evidence we can see how ancient people farmed their land in order to survive. The origins of farming can be traced back to approximately c.6000BC in the south-east, in Greece, Macedonia and the Balkans. During this time farming changed from the traditional hunter-gathering to growing crops such as wheat, barley, peas and lentils. Once this type of farming was established permanent settlements were built and this eventually spread to Europe (Story of farming). The gradual change from hunter-gatherer to farming meant that people settled in one place instead of nomadic wandering. They lived in small wooden huts that were plastered with mud and roofed with reeds...

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