Documenting the Neolithic in Central Europe
Proceedings from the conference 'Problems of the Neolithic and Eneolithic', Brno, 9th-11th September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78925-810-3 (ISBN)
Description
The conference proceedings present a current state of research, methodological and theoretical concepts and new starting points for scientific research in the area. The contributions are divided into four thematic areas, which build upon a long research tradition and reflect the new needs and directions of archaeology. Attention is paid especially to issues related to a deeper understanding of the way of life and everyday activities of a Prehistoric man as well as broader economic and social relations.
The volume is divided into four sections on excavations and field surveys; chronology; man as a social and economic being; and theoretical and methodological approaches in the Neolithic and Eneolithic.
The first section gives a general overview of the results of field activities at various levels - from the archaeological site to the whole micro-regions. The emphasis is laid on the characteristics of the method, archaeological features and artefacts associated with their dating, and setting the research results in the broader context.
The second section deals with major issues of relative and absolute chronology. Emphasis is placed on the characteristics of the current state of research and future perspective as well as on the presentation of finds and methods that significantly change the current state of knowledge.
The third section explores the reconstruction of human life in the Neolithic and Eneolithic. It often exceeds the boundaries of a single discipline in addressing issues of social status, health, dietary composition, as well as economic relations within a community or over long distances, climate, etc.
The final section discusses partial issues, such as taphonomy, metallurgy, public archaeology), using computer applications or theoretical approaches.
The volume is divided into four sections on excavations and field surveys; chronology; man as a social and economic being; and theoretical and methodological approaches in the Neolithic and Eneolithic.
The first section gives a general overview of the results of field activities at various levels - from the archaeological site to the whole micro-regions. The emphasis is laid on the characteristics of the method, archaeological features and artefacts associated with their dating, and setting the research results in the broader context.
The second section deals with major issues of relative and absolute chronology. Emphasis is placed on the characteristics of the current state of research and future perspective as well as on the presentation of finds and methods that significantly change the current state of knowledge.
The third section explores the reconstruction of human life in the Neolithic and Eneolithic. It often exceeds the boundaries of a single discipline in addressing issues of social status, health, dietary composition, as well as economic relations within a community or over long distances, climate, etc.
The final section discusses partial issues, such as taphonomy, metallurgy, public archaeology), using computer applications or theoretical approaches.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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B/w and colour
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78925-810-3 (9781789258103)
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Persons
Peter Toth is a specialist in the periods of the Neolithic, Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age in Central Europe, promoting a multidisciplinary approach, international cooperation and latest technologies. He is currently principal investigator of the project 'Tracing the Neolithic transition through the first pottery', supported by the Grant agency of the Czech Republic. Juraj Pavuk is Researcher Emeritus at the Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra. He has long been studying the genesis and chronology of the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Slovakia and Central Europe. He has excavated the Neolithic tell site in Bulgaria. Johana Maliskova is a doctoral student at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, with specialisation in the periods of the Neolithic, focusing her doctoral thesis on the issue of the first agricultural communities in Moravia. Alzbeta Cerevkova is a specialist on the Neolithic period, especially Linear Pottery Culture - the subsistence strategy and settlement strategies. As Curator of the Neolithic collections in Moravian museum in Brno she deals with archaeological findings, and also participates in various excavations in south and southwestern regions of Moravia.
Content
1. Cremation burial ground of the Bosaca culture found at the burial mound of the Corded Ware culture in Hlinsko
Jaroslav Peska, Vit Hadrava and Ondrej Mlejnek
2. The osteozoological analysis of the Neolithic and Eneolithic settlements in Kiarov (Central Slovakia)
Noemi Beljak Pazinova and Katarina Simunkova
3. The excursion to the funeral rite of Western Lengyel culture
Alena Nejedla
4. Man is a learner. To decipher lithic industries through the prism of apprenticeship and the transmission of technical know-how.
Solene Denis
5. Deposits of Funnel Beaker culture vessels in the wells
Danuta Zurkiewcz
6. Water Well Construction of the LBK from Brno-Bohunice (Czech Republic)
Michal Prichystal
7. What strange happened in the rocks of the Bohemian Paradise? Late Mesolithic hunters and Eneolithic herders through view of archaeology.
Petr Sida
8. Dwellings and architecture of the Baden culture and Post Baden period - their identification and interpretation
Jana Mellnerova Sutekova and Alexandra Smolkova
9. Changing hHorizons of mMaterial cCulture: identifying the locations of everyday and symbolic activities in Late Copper Age settlements
Szilvia Fabian, Tibor Marton, Zoltan Berente, Andras Rajna, Szabolcs Czifra, Anna Priskin, Peter Csippan and Marta Daroczi-Szabo
10. The evidence of the anthropomorphic figurines from the Lengyel culture settlement at Tesetice-Kyjovice
Eliska Kazdova
11. Lechovice - settlement area of the first farmers
Johana Maliskova and Balazs Komoroczy
12. Settlement area of the LBK in Cerenany (dist. Prievidza, Slovakia)
Peter Toth, Johana Maliskova, Jaroslav Novotny and David Hons
13. Tracing the Neolithic transition through the first pottery
Peter Toth, Jan Petrik, Libor Petr, Karel Slavicek, Katarina Adamekova, Dalia Pokutta and Penny Bickle
14. Mobility and trade in the LBK central settlement of Asparn/Schletz
Julia Laengauer and Franz Pieler
15. Osteological analysis of animal bones from the site Zadovice
Alzbeta Cerevkova and Gabriela Dreslerova
16. Children in the Czech Neolithic Period
Lucie Velova
17. Funnel Beaker settlement area in Dobrovnica
Pavel Hustak
18. Chipped stone industry of the first farmers in southeastern Moravia (Czech Republic). Case study from LBK settlement at Zlin-Malenovice.
Jaroslav Bartik and Johana Maliskova
19. Ceramic waste as the main element of chronological analyses
Juraj Pavuk
20. A few remarks on animal depositions of the so-called Baden culture
Peter Bogdan
Jaroslav Peska, Vit Hadrava and Ondrej Mlejnek
2. The osteozoological analysis of the Neolithic and Eneolithic settlements in Kiarov (Central Slovakia)
Noemi Beljak Pazinova and Katarina Simunkova
3. The excursion to the funeral rite of Western Lengyel culture
Alena Nejedla
4. Man is a learner. To decipher lithic industries through the prism of apprenticeship and the transmission of technical know-how.
Solene Denis
5. Deposits of Funnel Beaker culture vessels in the wells
Danuta Zurkiewcz
6. Water Well Construction of the LBK from Brno-Bohunice (Czech Republic)
Michal Prichystal
7. What strange happened in the rocks of the Bohemian Paradise? Late Mesolithic hunters and Eneolithic herders through view of archaeology.
Petr Sida
8. Dwellings and architecture of the Baden culture and Post Baden period - their identification and interpretation
Jana Mellnerova Sutekova and Alexandra Smolkova
9. Changing hHorizons of mMaterial cCulture: identifying the locations of everyday and symbolic activities in Late Copper Age settlements
Szilvia Fabian, Tibor Marton, Zoltan Berente, Andras Rajna, Szabolcs Czifra, Anna Priskin, Peter Csippan and Marta Daroczi-Szabo
10. The evidence of the anthropomorphic figurines from the Lengyel culture settlement at Tesetice-Kyjovice
Eliska Kazdova
11. Lechovice - settlement area of the first farmers
Johana Maliskova and Balazs Komoroczy
12. Settlement area of the LBK in Cerenany (dist. Prievidza, Slovakia)
Peter Toth, Johana Maliskova, Jaroslav Novotny and David Hons
13. Tracing the Neolithic transition through the first pottery
Peter Toth, Jan Petrik, Libor Petr, Karel Slavicek, Katarina Adamekova, Dalia Pokutta and Penny Bickle
14. Mobility and trade in the LBK central settlement of Asparn/Schletz
Julia Laengauer and Franz Pieler
15. Osteological analysis of animal bones from the site Zadovice
Alzbeta Cerevkova and Gabriela Dreslerova
16. Children in the Czech Neolithic Period
Lucie Velova
17. Funnel Beaker settlement area in Dobrovnica
Pavel Hustak
18. Chipped stone industry of the first farmers in southeastern Moravia (Czech Republic). Case study from LBK settlement at Zlin-Malenovice.
Jaroslav Bartik and Johana Maliskova
19. Ceramic waste as the main element of chronological analyses
Juraj Pavuk
20. A few remarks on animal depositions of the so-called Baden culture
Peter Bogdan