Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe
Sedentism, Architecture and Practice
Editors: Hofmann, Daniela, Smyth, Jessica (Eds.)
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The Neolithic period is noted primarily for the change from hunter-gatherer societies to agriculture, domestication and sedentism. This change has been studied in the past by archaeologists observing the movements of plants, animals and people. But has not been examined by looking at the domestic architecture of the time. Along with tracking the movement of sedentism, Neolithic houses are also able to show researchers the beginnings of cultural identity, group representation through the construction and decoration of these structures. Additionally as agriculture moved west and north in this era, the architecture and material culture shows this change and its significance. Chapters are arranged chronologically so that authors can address differences and similarities of their region to neighboring ones. To ensure continuity, authors have framed the chapters around the following considerations: construction materials and architectural characteristics; how houses facilitated or perpetua
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“This is an excellent volume that will be of considerable use to anyone studying the European Neolithic. It is a useful first port of call for students and researchers finding their way into the relevant literature and key sites within a particular region, and it also offers an overview, both in the thematic papers and in the sum of the regional case histories, of the entire phenomenon across Europe.” (Mike Parker Pearson, Journal of Anthropological Research, Vol. 70, 2014)
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Introduction: Dwelling, Materials, Cosmology—Transforming Houses in the Neolithic
Pages 1-17
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Houses and Households: a Near Eastern Perspective
Pages 19-44
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Diversity, Uniformity and the Transformative Properties of the House in Neolithic Greece
Pages 45-64
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Embodied Houses: the Social and Symbolic Agency of Neolithic Architecture in the Republic of Macedonia
Pages 65-94
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Houses in the Archaeology of the Tripillia—Cucuteni Groups
Pages 95-115
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Sedentism, Architecture and Practice
- Editors
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- Daniela Hofmann
- Jessica Smyth
- Series Title
- One World Archaeology
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5289-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-5289-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5288-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-2157-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4899-9557-5
- Series ISSN
- 2625-8641
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 408
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