Balkan Prehistory - Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity (Hardcover)

The period from 6500 to 2500 BC was one of the most dynamic eras of the prehistory of south-eastern Europe, for it saw many fundamental changes in the ways in which people lived their lives. This up-to-date and authoritative synthesis both describes the best excavated relevant Balkan sites and interprets long-term trends in the central themes of settlement, burial, material culture and economy. Prominence is given to the ways people organized themselves, the houses and landscapes where they lived and the objects, plants and animals that they kept. The key developments are seen as the creation of new social environments through the construction of houses and villages, and a new materiality of life which filled the built environment with a wide variety of objects. Against the prevailing trends in European prehistory, the author argues for a prehistoric past riven with tension and conflict, where hoarding and exclusion of people was just as frequent as sharing and helping. "Balkan Prehistory" provides a much-needed guide to a period which has previously been inaccessible to western scholars.;It should be a useful resource for undergraduates, advanced students and scholars.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Douglass W. Bailey
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	366
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-21597-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
LSN:	0-415-21597-8
Barcode:	9780415215978

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