Problems In Neolithic Archaeology

Author : Alasdair Whittle
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521351219

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Problems in Neolithic Archaeology by Alasdair Whittle Pdf

Problems in Neolithic Archaeology is a notable contribution to the debate about how we can write prehistory. Drawing on both processual and post-processual approaches, it reaffirms the central role of theory and interpretation while accepting as permanent the uncertainty which makes the testing of archaeological hypotheses difficult or even impossible. Dr Whittle asserts in particular the need for greater self-confidence and for the formulation of new theory and questions more appropriate to the archaeological record. The book's specific strength lies, however, in a close contextual study of the Neolithic period in western and central Europe. In this respect it provides an admirable complement to his textbook Neolithic Europe.

Author : Ian Kuijt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306471667

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Life in Neolithic Farming Communities by Ian Kuijt Pdf

Drawing on both the results of recent archaeological research and anthropological theory, leading experts synthesize current thinking on the nature of and variation within Neolithic social arrangements. The authors analyze archaeological data within a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives to reconstruct key aspects of ritual practices, labor organization, and collective social identity at the scale of the household, community, and region.

Author : Gary Lock,Brian Molyneaux
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0387757015

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Confronting Scale in Archaeology by Gary Lock,Brian Molyneaux Pdf

Without realizing, most archaeologists shift within a scale of interpretation of material culture. Material data is interpreted from the scale of an individual in a specific place and time, then shifted to the complex dynamics of cultural groups spread over time and place. This book discusses the cultural, social and spatial aspects of scale and its impact on archaeology, and shows how an improved awareness of scale offers new and exciting interpretations.

Author : Gale de Giberne Sieveking,Ian H. Longworth,K. E. Wilson
Publisher : Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005351692

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Problems in Economic and Social Archaeology by Gale de Giberne Sieveking,Ian H. Longworth,K. E. Wilson Pdf

Author : Robert Munro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044009632407

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Prehistoric Problems, Being a Selection of Essays on the Evolution of Man and Other Controverted Problems in Anthropology and Archæology by Robert Munro Pdf

Author : A. W. R. Whittle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0521449200

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Europe in the Neolithic by A. W. R. Whittle Pdf

Dr. Whittle reviews the latest archaeological evidence on Neolithic Europe from 7000 to 2500 BC. Describing important areas, sites and problems, he addresses the major themes that have engaged the attention of scholars: the transition from a forager lifestyle; the rate and dynamics of change; and the nature of Neolithic society. He challenges conventional views, arguing that Neolithic society was rooted in the values and practices of its forager, predecessors right across the continent. The processes of settling down and adopting farming were piecemeal and slow. Only gradually did new attitudes emerge, to time and the past, to the sacred realms of ancestors and the dead, to nature and to the concept of community. Unique in its broad and up-to-date coverage of long-term processes of change on a continental scale, this completely rewritten and revised version of Whittle's Neolithic Europe: a survey reflects radical changes in the evidence and in interpretative approaches over the past decade.

Author : Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel,Ofer Bar-Yosef
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402085390

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The Neolithic Demographic Transition and its Consequences by Jean-Pierre Bocquet-Appel,Ofer Bar-Yosef Pdf

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming – the Neolithic Revolution – was one of the most signi cant cultural processes in human history that forever changed the face of humanity. Natu an communities (15,100–12,000Cal BP) (all dates in this chapter are calibrated before present) planted the seeds of change, and the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) (ca. 12,000–ca. 8,350Cal BP) people, were the rst to establish farming communities. The revolution was not fully realized until quite late in the PPN and later in the Pottery Neolithic (PN) period. We would like to ask some questions and comment on a few aspects emphas- ing the linkage between biological and cultural developments during the Neolithic Revolution. The biological issues addressed in this chapter are as follows: × Is there a demographic change from the Natu an to the Neolithic? × Is there a change in the overall health of the Neolithic populations compared to the Natu an? × Is there a change in the diet and how is it expressed? × Is there a change in the physical burden/stress people had to bear with? × Is there a change in intra- and inter-community rates of violent encounters? From the cultural perspective the leading questions will be: × What was the change in the economy and when was it fully realized? × Is there a change in settlement patterns and site nature and organization from Natu an to Neolithic? × Is there a change in human activities and division of labor?

Author : Oliver J.T. Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000393088

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Assembling Past Worlds by Oliver J.T. Harris Pdf

Assembling Past Worlds draws on new materialism and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to explore the potential for a posthumanist archaeology. Through specific empirical study, this book provides a detailed analysis of Neolithic Britain, a critical moment in the emergence of new ways of living, as well as new relationships between materials, people and new forms of architecture. It achieves two things. First, it identifies the major challenges that archaeology faces in the light of current theoretical shifts. New ideas place new demands on how we write and think about the past, sometimes in ways that can seem contradictory. This volume identifies seven major challenges that have emerged and sets out why they matter, why archaeology needs to engage with them and how they can be dealt with through an innovative theoretical approach. Second, it explores how this approach meets these challenges through an in-depth study of Neolithic Britain. It provides an insightful diagnosis of the issues posed by current archaeological thought and is the first volume to apply the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze to the extended analysis of a single period. Assembling Past Worlds shows how new approaches are transforming our understandings of past worlds and, in so doing, how we can meet the challenges facing archaeology today. It will be of interest to both students and researchers in archaeological theory and the Neolithic of Europe.

Author : John Barrett,Michael J. Boyd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474291910

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From Stonehenge to Mycenae by John Barrett,Michael J. Boyd Pdf

This book reconsiders how we can understand archaeology on a grand scale by abandoning the claims that material remains stand for the people and institutions that produced them, or that genetic change somehow caused cultural change. Our challenge is to understand the worlds that made great projects like the building of Stonehenge or Mycenae possible. The radiocarbon revolution made the old view that the architecture of Mycenae influenced the building of Stonehenge untenable. But the recent use of 'big data' and of genetic histories have led archaeology back to a worldview where 'big problems' are assumed to require 'big solutions'. Making an animated plea for bottom-up rather than top-down solutions, the authors consider how life was made possible by living in the local and materially distinct worlds of the period. By considering how people once built connections between each other through their production and use of things, their movement between and occupancy of places, and their treatment of the dead, we learn about the kinds of identities that people constructed for themselves. Stonehenge did not require an architect from Mycenae for it to be built, but the builders of Stonehenge and Mycenae would have shared a mutual recognition of the kinds of humans that they were, and the kinds of practices these monuments were once host to.

Author : Guy E. Gibbon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1984-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0231514042

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Anthropological Archaeology by Guy E. Gibbon Pdf

Anthropological Archaeology

Author : Colin Renfrew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035564173

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Problems in European Prehistory by Colin Renfrew Pdf

Author : Caroline Malone,David Barrowclough
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782974963

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Cult in Context by Caroline Malone,David Barrowclough Pdf

Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies are often poorly equipped to explore the evidence. This collection of papers explores a wide range of prehistoric and early historic archaeological contexts from Britain, Europe and beyond, where monuments, architectural structures, megaliths, art, caves, ritual activity and symbolic remains offer exciting glimpses into ancient belief systems and cult behaviour. Different theoretical and practical approaches are demonstrated, offering both new directions and considered conclusions to the many problems of studying the archaeology of cult and ritual. Central to the volume is an exploration of early Malta and its intriguing Temple Culture, set in a broad perspective by the discussion and theoretical approaches presented in different geographical and chronological contexts.

Author : Andrew Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139432047

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Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice by Andrew Jones Pdf

Is archaeology an art or a science? This question has been hotly debated over the last few decades with the rise of archaeological science. At the same time, archaeologists have seen a change in the intellectual character of their discipline, as many writers have adopted approaches influenced by social theory. The discipline now encompasses both archaeological scientists and archaeological theorists, and discussion regarding the status of archaeology remains polarised. In this 2001 book, Andrew Jones argues that we need to analyse the practice of archaeology. Through an analysis of archaeological practice, influenced by recent developments in the field of science studies, and with the aid of extensive case studies, he develops a new framework which allows the interpretative and methodological components of the discipline to work in tandem. His reassessment of the status and character of archaeology will be of interest to students, scholars and professionals.

Author : Julian Thomas
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1991-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521403774

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Rethinking the Neolithic by Julian Thomas Pdf

Neolithikum - Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Saskralgebäude.

Author : D.R. Brothwell,Kenneth D Thomas,Juliet Clutton-Brock
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315421070

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Research Problems in Zooarchaeology by D.R. Brothwell,Kenneth D Thomas,Juliet Clutton-Brock Pdf

Papers from an important conference on zooarchaeology, reflecting state-of-the-art work on the study of human relationship to animals in ancient times.