Encyclopedia of Prehistory

1. Front Matter

   Pages N1-xxxi

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2. Andronovo

   • Elena Kuzmina

   Pages 1-21

3. Aurignacian

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 22-23

4. Bell Beaker

   • Xavier Clop Garcia

   Pages 24-31

5. Caucasian Bronze Age

   • Philip Kohl

   Pages 32-37

6. Caucasian Chalcolithic

   • Tamaz Kiguradze

   Pages 38-54

7. Caucasian Neolithic

   • Tamaz Kiguradze

   Pages 55-76

8. Corded Ware

   • Peter N. Peregrine

   Pages 77-78

9. East-Central European Iron Age

   • Timothy Taylor

   Pages 79-90

10. Eastern European Mesolithic

    • Alice M. Haeussler

    Pages 91-123

11. Eurasian Steppe Nomad

    • Natalia Shishlina

    Pages 124-138

12. European Early Bronze Age

    • Haskel J. Greenfield

    Pages 139-156

13. European Megalithic

    • Katina Lillios

    Pages 157-184

14. Impressed Ware

    • William K. Barnett

    Pages 185-188

15. Kelteminar

    • Peter N. Peregrine

    Pages 189-190

16. Linear Pottery

    • Sarunas Milisauskas

    Pages 191-197

17. Magdalenian

    • James Enloe

    Pages 198-209

18. Northeastern European Iron Age

    • Timothy Taylor

    Pages 210-221

19. Northeastern European Bronze Age

    • Peter Peregrine

    Pages 222-223

20. Northern Mediterranean Mesolithic

    • Sarah Milliken

    Pages 224-235

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined by a somewhat different set of an attempt to provide basic information sociocultural characteristics than are eth­ on all archaeologically known cultures, nological cultures. Major traditions are covering the entire globe and the entire defined based on common subsistence prehistory of humankind. It is designed as practices, sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing comparative material industries, but language, ideology, research on the peoples of the past. Most and kinship ties play little or no part in of the entries are written by the world's their definition because they are virtually foremost experts on the particular areas unrecoverable from archaeological con­ and time periods. texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and The Encyclopedia is organized accord­ kinship ties are central to defining ethno­ ing to major traditions. A major tradition logical cultures. is defined as a group of populations sharing There are three types of entries in the similar subsistence practices, technology, Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry, and forms of sociopolitical organization, the regional subtradition entry, and the which are spatially contiguous over a rela­ site entry. Each contains different types of tively large area and which endure tempo­ information, and each is intended to be rally for a relatively long period. Minimal used in a different way.

• bronze age
• copper age
• iron age
• mesolithic
• prehistory

• Lawrence University, Appleton, USA

  Peter N. Peregrine

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