Megasites in prehistoric Europe : where strangers and kinsfolk met / Bisserka Gaydarska and John Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaydarska, Bisserka, author.

Chapman, John, 1951- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe

Elements in the archaeology of Europe, 2632-704X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Prehistoric peoples--Europe.

Prehistoric peoples.

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Antiquities.

Europe--Antiquities.

Europe.

Physical Description:

115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This is an Element about some of the largest sites known in prehistoric Europe - sites so vast that they often remain undiscussed for lack of the theoretical or ethodological tools required for their understanding. Here, the authors use a relational, comparative approach to identify not only what made megasites but also what made megasites so special and so large. They have selected a sample of megasites in each major period of prehistory - Neolithic, Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages - with a detailed examination of a single representative megasite for each period. The relational approach makes explicit comparisons between smaller, more 'normal' sites and the megasites using six criteria - scale, temporality, deposition /monumentality, formal open spaces, performance and congregational catchment. The authors argue that many of the largest European prehistoric megasites were congregational places"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Trypillia Megasites, Ukraine

3. Neolithic and Copper Age Sites in the Balkans and Central Europe

4. Neolithic and Copper Age Sites in Southern Europe

5. Bronze Age Megasites

6. Iron Age Megasites - from Bil'sk to Bagendon

7. Discussion and Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Gaydarska, Bisserka. Megasites in prehistoric Europe

ISBN:

9781009096607

1009096605

OCLC:

1337145846

Publisher Number:

99993605178