Communities, landscapes, and interaction in Neolithic Greece : proceedings of the international conference, Rethymno 29-30 May, 2015 / edited by Apostolos Sarris [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarris, Apostolos, editor.

Series:

Archaeological series (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ; 20.

Archaeological series ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--Greece.

Neolithic period.

Social archaeology--Greece.

Social archaeology.

Landscape archaeology--Greece.

Landscape archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Greece.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Greece--Antiquities.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 480 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : International Monographs in Prehistory, [2017]

Summary:

The last three decades have witnessed a period of growing archaeological activity in Greece that have enhanced our awareness of the diversity and variability of ancient communities. New sites offer rich datasets from many aspects of material culture that challenge traditional perceptions and suggest complex interpretations of the past. This volume provides a synthetic overview of recent developments in the study of Neolithic Greece and reconsiders the dynamics of human-environment interactions while recording the growing diversity in layers of social organization. It fills an essential lacuna in contemporary literature and enhances our understanding of the Neolithic communities in the Greek Peninsula.

Contents:

Introduction

Communities, landscapes, and interaction: an introduction / Evita Kalogiropoulou, Apostolos Sarris, Tuna Kalayci, and Lia Karimali

Part I. Communities, social spaces, and dimensions of neolithic lifeways (and death)

The transition from the mesolithic to the neolithic in a circum-aegean perspective: concepts and narratives / Agathe Reingruber

Opening a new frontier in the study of neolithic settlement patterns of eastern Thessaly, Greece / Apostolos Sarris, Tuna Kalayci, François-Xavier Simon, Jamieson Donato, Carmen Cuenca Garcøa, Meropi Manataki, Gianluca Cantoro, Ian Moffat, Evita Kalogiropoulou, Georgia Karampatso, Kayt Armstrong, Nassos Argyriou, Sylviane Dederix, Cristina Manzetti, Nikos Nikas, Konstantinos Vouzaxakis, Vasso Rondiri, Polyxeni Arachoviti, Kaliopi Almatzi, Despina Efstathiou, and Evangelia Stamelou

A road to variation: diversity among neolithic settlements in central Macedonia, Greece / Maria Pappa, Stratos Nanoglou, and Melina Efthymiadou

An investigation of neolithic settlement pattern and plant exploitation at Dikili Tash: reconsidering old and new data from the late 5th millennium B.C. settlement / Dimitra Malamidou, Zoi Tsirtsoni, Maria Ntinou, Soultana-Maria Valamoti, Haido Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, and Pascal Darcque

Koutroulou magoula in pthiotida, central Greece: a middle neolithic tell site in context / Yannis Hamilakis, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Thomas Loughlin, Tristan Carter, James Cole, Yorgos Facorellis, Stella Katsarou, Aggeliki Kaznesi, Areti Pentedeka, Vasileios Tsamis, and Nicolas Zorzin

The environment and interactions of neolithic Halai / John E. Coleman, Evangelia Karimali, Lilian Karali, Melanie Fillios, Charlotte Diffey, Petra Vaiglova, Amy Bogaard, Jayme Joos, Effie Angeli

Diros in context: Alepotrypa Cave and Ksagounaki Promontory in the neolithic period / William Parkinson, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael Galaty, Daniel Pullen, Panagiotis Karkanas, Giorgos Papathanassopoulos

Magoula Visviki revisited: comparing past excavations' data to recent geophysical research / Eva Alram-Stern, Apostolos Sarris, Konstantinos Vouzaxakis, Kalliopi Almatzi, Polyxeni Araxchoviti, Vasso Rondiri, Despina Efstathiou, Evangelia Stamelou, Carmen Cuenca Garcøa, Tuna Kalayci, François-Xavier Simon, Gianluca Cantoro, Jamieson Donati, Meropi Manataki

Kouphovouno (Laconia): some thoughts about the settlement pattern at the end of the middle neolithic / Josette Renard and William Cavanagh

Pictures of home: regional perspectives into the neolithic building technology of northern Greece / Dimitris Kloukinas

Communities interaction and (intended) land use in neolithic Greece: the testimony of the defensive architecture / Tomas Alusik

Fluid landscapes, bonded people? The role of burial areas as places for interaction, exchange and deposition during the final neolithic period in central and southern Greece / Katerina Psimogiannou

Part II. Landscape dynamics and subsistence strategies

Islands out of the mainstream: landscapes of action, settlements and social identities in the neolithic Aegean / Evita Kalogiropoulou

Cycladic or mainland? The prehistoric landscapes of southern Euboea / Zarko Tankosic and Markos Katsianis

Human/landscape interaction in neolithic Kephalonia, west Greece: the dynamic role of Drakaina Cave within an insular environment / Georgia Stratouli and Odysseas Metaxas

Submerged neolithic landscapes off Franchthi Cave: the measurements from the Terra Submersa Expedition and their implications / Julien Beck, Dimitris Sakellariou, and Despina Koutsoumpa

Humans, animals, and the landscape in neolithic Koutroulou Magoula, central Greece: an approach through micromorphology and plant remains in dung / Georgia Koromila, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Kerry Harris, Yannis Hamilakis, and Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika

Farming strategies at Kouphovouno, Lakonia, in the MN-LN Periods / William Cavanagh, Josette Renard, Amy Bogaard, Armelle Gardeisen, Jean Cantuel, Petra Vaiglova, and Charlotte Diffey

Animal husbandry and the use of space in the Greek sector of the late neolithic settlement of Promachon-Topolnica / George Kazantzis

Part III. Interactions and material perspectives

Social interaction in the farming communities of neolithic Greece: archaeological perceptions / Nikos Efstratiou

Patterns in contemporaneous ceramic traditions: inter-regional relations between Thessaly and Macedonia during the early and middle neolithic / Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Anastasia Dimoula, Gazmed Elezi, Trisevgeni Papadakou, Anna Papaioannou, Niki Saridaki, Ioanna Siamidou, Teresa Silva, Eirini Tzemopoulou, and Kostas Kotsakis

Pottery exchange networks under the microscope: the case of neolithic Thessaly / Areti Pentedeka

The discovery of painted pottery in caves: an interpretation in the case of Sarakenos Cave (Kopais, Boeotia) / Vagia Mastrogiannopoulou

Thoughts on the preliminary study of early neolithic decorated pottery from the central origma at Mavropigi-Filotsairi / Lily Bonga

Emergent networks and socio-cultural change in final neolithic southern Greece / David Smith

Ritual and interaction during the final neolithic period: the example of aegina-kolona / Eva Alram-Stern

Making choices in a neolithic landscape: raw materials and ground stone technology in neolithic Avgi, northwest Greece / Tasos Bekiaris, Christos Stergiou, and Stella Theodoridou

Chipped stone aspects on the interaction among neolithic communities of northern Greece / Odysseas Kakavakis

Casting a wide network: preliminary results from the early neolithic chipped stone assemblage from Revenia, Pieria (Greece) / Lilian Dogiama.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789201468

1789201462

OCLC:

1051140732