Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them new ceramics and crafts, and establishing settled villages. Their settlements provide the link between the first agricultural Near Eastern communities and the subsequent spread of the new technologies to the Balkans and Western Europe. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of archaeological sources, including often neglected "small finds", the author introduces daring new perspectives on funerary rituals and the distribution of figurines, and constructs a complex and subtle picture of early Neolithic societies.
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"This fresh, authoritative coverage of the early Neolithic in eastern Greece wraps together a nice presentation of the principal sites, an evaluation of the radiocarbon chronology, and a well-illustrated review of crafts with a penetrating review of the major interpretive questions...While an essential volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology, anthropology, and classical studies, the engaging text will also appeal to informed general readers. An excellent bibliography carries coverage through the mid-1990's." Choice
"This fresh, authoritative coverage of the early Neolithic in eastern Greece wraps together a nice presentationof the principal sites, an evaluation of the radiocarbon chronology, and a well-illustrated review of crafts with a penetrating review of the major interpretive questions. While an essential volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology, anthropology, and classical studies, the engaging text will also appeal to informed general readers." Choice
"This fresh, authoritative coverage of the early Neolithic in eastern Greece wraps together a nice presentationof the principal sites, an evaluation of the radiocarbon chronology, and a well-illustrated review of crafts with a penetrating review of the major interpretive questions. While an essential volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology, anthropology, and classical studies, the engaging text will also appeal to informed general readers." Choice
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Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them new ceramics and crafts, and establishing settled villages. Their settlements provide the link between the first agricultural Near Eastern communities and the subsequent spread of the new technologies to the Balkans and Western Europe. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of archaeological sources, including often neglected 'small finds', the author introduces daring new perspectives on funerary rituals and the distribution of figurines, and constructs a complex and subtle picture of early Neolithic societies.
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The natural features of Greece, its climate, topography, water resources and soils, had decisive effects on the Neolithic economy and settlement patterns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
archaeiologikôn porôn kai apallotrioseôn, aceramic stratum, industries lithiques taillées, feminine figurines, clay sling bullets, clay artefacts, bead blanks, seed assemblages, taphonomic biases, indirect percussion, extraction pits, local domestication, monochrome wares, polished celts, bone scatters, alluvial basins, wild plant resources, anthropomorphic figurines, polished stone tools, wear traces, mudbrick houses, male figurines, mudbrick walls, exotic raw materials, craft specialization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nea Nikomedeia, Near East, Middle Neolithic, Nea Makri, Late Neolithic, Mid-Thessalian Hills, Çatal Hüyük, Ayios Georgios Larisas, Carington Smith, Greek Neolithic, Bronze Age, Final Mesolithic, Final Neolithic, Final Palaeolithic, Late Pleistocene, European Neolithic, Magoula Karamourlar, Central Court, Franchthi Lower Meso, Pindus Range, Upper Palaeolithic, Franchthi Upper Meso, Ayia Sofia, Early Mesolithic, Mesolithic Greece New!
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The natural features of Greece, its climate, topography, water resources and soils, had decisive effects on the Neolithic economy and settlement patterns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
archaeiologikôn porôn kai apallotrioseôn, aceramic stratum, industries lithiques taillées, feminine figurines, clay sling bullets, clay artefacts, bead blanks, seed assemblages, taphonomic biases, indirect percussion, extraction pits, local domestication, monochrome wares, polished celts, bone scatters, alluvial basins, wild plant resources, anthropomorphic figurines, polished stone tools, wear traces, mudbrick houses, male figurines, mudbrick walls, exotic raw materials, craft specialization Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nea Nikomedeia, Near East, Middle Neolithic, Nea Makri, Late Neolithic, Mid-Thessalian Hills, Çatal Hüyük, Ayios Georgios Larisas, Carington Smith, Greek Neolithic, Bronze Age, Final Mesolithic, Final Neolithic, Final Palaeolithic, Late Pleistocene, European Neolithic, Magoula Karamourlar, Central Court, Franchthi Lower Meso, Pindus Range, Upper Palaeolithic, Franchthi Upper Meso, Ayia Sofia, Early Mesolithic, Mesolithic Greece New!
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- Foundations of Social Inequality (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology) by T. Douglas Price on 4 pages
- Transitions to Agriculture in Prehistory (Monographs in World Archaeology) by Anne Birgitte Gebauer on 4 pages
- Contributions to Aegean archaeology: Studies in honor of William A. McDonald (Publications in ancient studies) in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Neolithic Society in Greece (Sheffield Studies In Aegean Archaeology) by Paul Halstead in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals by Peter J. Ucko in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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