Something out of the ordinary? :: interpreting diversity in the early neolithic linearbandkeramik and beyond /

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 en...

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Weitere Verfasser: Amkreutz, Luc (HerausgeberIn), Haack, Fabian (HerausgeberIn), Hofmann, Daniela (HerausgeberIn), Wijk, Ivo van (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
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Zusammenfassung: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,
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 515 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443893008
1443893005