Early Urbanism in Europe : The Trypillia Megasites of the Ukrainian Forest-Steppe / Bisserka Gaydarska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaydarska, Bisserka.

Contributor:

Gaydarska, Bisserka, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (600 p.)

Place of Publication:

Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For over 60 years, the accepted view of cultural evolution was that the world's first cities developed in the Fertile Crescent in the 4th millennium BC. This view overlooks the emergence of a much neglected class of sites—the Trypillia megasites of the Ukrainian forest-steppe. The megasites were in fact larger and earlier than the Mesopotamian cities and demonstrate an alternative pathway towards cities without strong central administration and any later urban legacy. In this book, a team of international authors examines the hypothesis of independent Eastern European urbanism using the evidence gathered from the multi-disciplinary investigation of the megasite of Nebelivka.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

List of Participants

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

2 Theory and Practice for Trypillia Megasites

3 Landscape Studies

4 Site Studies

5 The Finds

6 Discussion

7 Conclusions

References

List of Figures

List of Tables

Index

Notes:

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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

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ISBN:

9783110664959

311066495X

OCLC:

1202624618

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access