I. SURVIVALS OF FOOD-GATHERERS ...... i II. THE ORIENT AND CRETE 15 III. ANATOLIA THE ROYAL ROAD TO THE AEGEAN 35 IV. MARITIME CIVILIZATION IN THE CYCLADES .... 48 V. FROM VILLAGE TO CITY IN GREECE ..... 57 VI. FARMING VILLAGES IN THE BALKANS 84 VII. DANUBIAN CIVILIZATION ....... 105 VIII. THE PEASANTS OF THE BLACK EARTH .... 136 IX. CULTURE TRANSMISSION OVER THE EURASIAN PLAIN? . . 148 X. THE NORTHERN CULTURES 175 XI. SURVIVALS OF THE FOREST CULTURE 203 XII. MEGALITH BUILDERS AND BEAKER-FOLK .... 213 XIII. FARMERS AND TRADERS IN ITALY AND SICILY .* . . 229 XIV. ISLAND CIVILIZATIONS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN . 252 XV. THE IBERIAN PENINSULA 265 XVI. WESTERN CULTURE IN THE ALPINE ZONE .... 287 XVII. MEGALITH BUILDERS IN ATLANTIC EUROPE . . . . 303 XVIII. THE BRITISH ISLES 322 XIX. RETROSPECT: THE PREHISTORY OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY . 341