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Bell Beaker Settlement of Europe - The Bell Beaker Phenomenon from a Domestic Perspective (Hardcover)
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Bell Beaker Settlement of Europe - The Bell Beaker Phenomenon from a Domestic Perspective (Hardcover)
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers, 9
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European studies of the Bell Beaker phenomenon have concentrated on
burial and artefacts that constitute its the most visible aspects.
This volume concentrates on the domestic sphere - assemblage
composition, domestic structures (how they differ, if at all, from
previous types, legacies), and provides the first pan-European
synthesis of its kind. It is a Europe-wide survey and analysis of
Bell Beaker settlement structures; this is particularly important
as we cannot understand the Bell Beaker phenomenon by analysing
graves alone. Neither should we view Bell Beakers in isolation but
must consider the effect that they had on already existing Late
Neolithic cultures in the areas in which they appear. This volume
is therefore intended to view the settlement aspect of Bell Beakers
in context throughout Europe. It is the text book for Chalcolithic
settlements and society. Contributors to the 19 papers belong to
Europe-wide affiliation of experts specialising in Bell Beakers and
the Chalcolithic (Archeologie et Gobelets) which addresses common
pan-European issues surrounding the appearance and spread of Bell
Beakers. This book summarises that data from the UK and many of the
continental European countries; an increasingly important element
of Beaker studies following recent isotopic and DNA evidence
showing that the phenomenon was a result of human migration and not
that of cultural ideas, trade and ideology. Each chapter deals with
a defined region or country and is fully illustrated, including a
corpus of Beaker houses and comparing then with Late Neolithic
domestic structures where they are known to exist. The following
themes will be addressed: 1. Regional syntheses in the UK and in
Europe; 2.What native cultures existed before the arrival of Bell
Beakers?; 3. What domestic ceramics were being used before the
arrival of Bell Beakers?; 4. What stone and flint types were in
use?; 5. What did pre-Bell Beaker houses look like? What size were
they?; 6. What (if any) changes to 1-4 above resulted after the
appearance of Bell Beakers?
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