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Something out of the ordinary? : interpreting diversity in the early neolithic linearbandkeramik and beyond / edited by Luc Ambreutz [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neolithic period--Europe.
- Neolithic period.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Bandkeramik culture--Europe.
- Bandkeramik culture.
- Europe--Antiquities.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (537 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- More than 7000 years ago, groups of early farmers (the Linearbandkeramik, or LBK) spread over vast areas of Europe. Their cultural characteristics comprised common choices and styles of execution, with a central meaning and functionality attached to 'doing things a certain way', over an enormous geographical area. However, recent evidence suggests that the reality was much more varied and diverse. The central question of this book is the extent to which notions of 'uniformity' and 'diversity' have caused a wider shift in archaeological perspective.Using the LBK case study as a starting point,
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviated List of Figures
- Abbreviated List of Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Chapter One
- Architecture and Daily Life
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Material Culture
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Burial Evidence and Ritual Deposition
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Regional Networks
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Broadening the Scope
- Chapter Fifteen
- Chapter Sixteen
- Chapter Seventeen
- Chapter Eighteen
- Chapter Nineteen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-9300-5
- OCLC:
- 949668776
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