The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe

NOTE EDITORE

The Neolithic --a period in which the first sedentary agrarian communities were established across much of Europe--has been a key topic of archaeological research for over a century. However, the variety of evidence across Europe, the range of languages in which research is carried out, and the way research traditions in different countries have developed makes it very difficult for both students and specialists to gain an overview of continent-wide trends. The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe provides the first comprehensive, geographically extensive, thematic overview of the European Neolithic --from Iberia to Russia and from Norway to Malta --offering both a general introduction and a clear exploration of key issues and current debates surrounding evidence and interpretation. Chapters written by leading experts in the field examine topics such as the movement of plants, animals, ideas, and people (including recent trends in the application of genetics and isotope analyses); cultural change (from the first appearance of farming to the first metal artefacts); domestic architecture; subsistence; material culture; monuments; and burial and other treatments of the dead. In doing so, the volume also considers the history of research and sets out agendas and themes for future work in the field.

SOMMARIO

1 - Defining the 'Neolithic in Europe': Diverse and Contemporaneous Communities, c. 6500-2500 BC2 - Environments and Landscape Change3 - South-East Europe4 - The Neolithization of Mediterranean Europe: Mobility and Interactions from the Near East to the Iberian Peninsula5 - Central and Eastern Europe6 - Moving Animals and Plants in the Early Neolithic of North-Western Europe7 - Language, Genes, and Cultural Interaction8 - South-East Europe9 - The Neolithic in Mediterranean Europe10 - Central and Eastern Europe11 - Northern and Western Europe12 - Tells and Settlements in South-East Europe13 - Domestic Space in the Mediterranean14 - Longhouse Lifestyles in the Central European Neolithic15 - Lakeside Dwellings of the Circum-Alpine Region16 - Households and Communities in Neolithic France17 - Houses, Halls, and Occuptation in Britain and Ireland18 - Places of Settlement in Southern Scandanavia19 - Stable Isotopes and Neolithic Subsistence: Pattern and Variation20 - Subsistence Practices and Social Routine in Neolithic Southern Europe21 - Subsistence Practices in Central and Eastern Europe22 - Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe23 - The Neolithic Year24 - Religious Routine and Pilgrimage in the British Isles25 - Invention and European Knapping Traditions26 - Shared Labour and Large Scale Action: European Flint Mining27 - Stone and Flint Axes in Neolithic Europe28 - Pottery of South-East Europe29 - Linearbandkeramik Pottery and Society30 - Ceramics and Society in Northern Europe31 - Bell Beaker Pottery and Society32 - A Miniature World: Models and Figurines in South-East Europe33 - Spondylus and Shell Ornaments34 - Amber35 - The First Metalwork and Expressions of Social Power36 - Early Metallurgy in Iberia and the Western Mediterranean37 - Early Metallurgy in Western and Northern Europe38 - Deposition in Pits39 - Animals and Social Relations40 - Central European Enclosures41 - Italian Enclosures42 - Causewayed Enclosures in Northern and Western Europe43 - Chambered Tombs and Passage Graves of Northern and Western Europe44 - Rock Carvings in Iberia45 - Rock Carvings in South Central Europe46 - Rock Carvings in Northern Europe47 - Underground Religion in the Central Mediterranean Neolithic48 - A Place in the Cosmos: Monuments and Celestial Bodies49 - Mortuary Practices, Bodies, and Persons in the Neolithic and Early-Middle Copper Ages of South-East Europe50 - Burial and Human Body Representations in the Central Mediterranean Neolithic51 - Mortuary Practices, Bodies, and Persons in Central Europe52 - Mortuary Practices, Bodies, and Persons in North-East Europe53 - Mortuary Practices and Bodily Representations in North-West Europe54 - Unexpected Histories? South-East and Central Europe55 - What Do We Mean By 'Neolithic Societies'?56 - The Decline of the Neolithic and the Rise of the Bronze Age Society

AUTORE

Chris Fowler, Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology, Newcastle University. Jan Harding, Senior Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology, Newcastle University. Daniela Hofmann, Junior Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology, Hamburg University.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198832492
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 246 x 171 mm Ø 2268 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 197 illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 1200