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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central court, early mesolithic, aceramic stratum, feminine figurines, clay sling bullets, clay artefacts, seed assemblages, bead blanks, daily crafts, monochrome wares, indirect percussion, taphonomic biases, extraction pits, polished celts, local domestication, wild plant resources, bone scatters, alluvial basins, anthropomorphic figurines, wear traces, polished stone tools, craft specialization, exotic raw materials, subsistence basis, foreign colonists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Neolithic, Nea Nikomedeia, Near East, Middle Neolithic, Initial Neolithic, Nea Makri, Late Neolithic, Mid-Thessalian Hills, Ayios Georgios Larisas, Carington Smith, Larissa Plain, Greek Neolithic, Soufli Magoula, Final Mesolithic, European Neolithic, Magoula Karamourlar, Tyrnavos Basin, Pindus Range, Bronze Age, Late Pleistocene, Late Mesolithic, Franchthi Lower Meso, Franchthi Upper Meso, Ricq-de Bouard, Mesolithic Greece Browse Sample Pages:
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central court, early mesolithic, aceramic stratum, feminine figurines, clay sling bullets, clay artefacts, seed assemblages, bead blanks, daily crafts, monochrome wares, indirect percussion, taphonomic biases, extraction pits, polished celts, local domestication, wild plant resources, bone scatters, alluvial basins, anthropomorphic figurines, wear traces, polished stone tools, craft specialization, exotic raw materials, subsistence basis, foreign colonists Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Early Neolithic, Nea Nikomedeia, Near East, Middle Neolithic, Initial Neolithic, Nea Makri, Late Neolithic, Mid-Thessalian Hills, Ayios Georgios Larisas, Carington Smith, Larissa Plain, Greek Neolithic, Soufli Magoula, Final Mesolithic, European Neolithic, Magoula Karamourlar, Tyrnavos Basin, Pindus Range, Bronze Age, Late Pleistocene, Late Mesolithic, Franchthi Lower Meso, Franchthi Upper Meso, Ricq-de Bouard, Mesolithic Greece Browse Sample Pages:
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