Background to Beakers. Inquiries into the Regional Cultural Background to the Bell Beaker Complex (Paperback)

Background to Beakers is the result of an inspiring session at the yearly conference of European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague in September 2010. The conference brought together thirteen speakers on the subject Beakers in Transition. Together we explored the background to the Bell beaker complex in different regions, departing from the idea that migration is not the comprehensive solution to the adoption of bell Beakers. Therefore we asked the participants to discuss how in their region Beakers were incorporated in existing cultural complexes, as one of the manners to understand the processes of innovation that were undoubtedly part of the Beaker complex. In this book eight of the speakers have contributed papers, resulting in a diverse and interesting approach to Beakers. We can see how scholars in Scandinavia, the Low Countries, Poland, Switzerland, France, Morocco even, struggle with the same problems, but have different solutions everywhere. The book reads as an inspiration for new approaches and for a discussion of cultural backgrounds in stead of searching for the oldest Beaker. The authors are all established scholars in the field of Bronze Age research.

General

Imprint:	Sidestone Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Editors:	Harry Fokkens • Franco Nicolis
Dimensions:	254 x 185 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-90-889008-4-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
LSN:	90-889008-4-1
Barcode:	9789088900846

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