REFLECTION OF ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY IN ANCIENT 'BARBARIAN' EUROPE IN RUSSIANLANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS OF THE EARLY 1970 S

Abstract

Based on Russian-language literature published in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, this paper presents an overview of the publication of printed materials and the structure of works that covered the history of agricultural economy and industries in the territory of 'barbarian' Europe. It identifies cities, publishers, and printing houses where this literature was published. The published works' typology, thematic directions, and structure are examined. The viewpoints of researchers on the development of hunting, gathering, fishing, agriculture, and animal husbandry in Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe during the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Ages are discussed. The conclusion is drawn that these works were actively published and covered diverse themes, displaying a varied structure. They support the view of the predominance of appropriative economic forms in the early stages and the transition to productive financial records starting from the Neolithic era and subsequent epochs. According to the author, the review of researchers' perspectives allows us to speak about the leading role of hunting as one of the subsistence industries throughout the Stone and Bronze Ages, especially in northern regions and the active development of fishing from the Neolithic period onwards. Starting from this time, appropriative industries gradually gave way to productive ones – agriculture and animal husbandry. However, the leading form of economy heavily depended on physical-geographical and natural-climatic conditions.