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Persistent Traditions (Paperback)
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Persistent Traditions (Paperback)
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The adoption of agriculture is one of the major developments in
human history. Archaeological studies have demonstrated that the
trajectories of Neolithisation in Northwest Europe were diverse.
This book presents a study into the archaeology of the communities
involved in the process of Neolithisation in the Lower Rhine Area
(5500-2500 cal BC). It elucidates the role played by the indigenous
communities in relation to their environmental context and in view
of the changes that becoming Neolithic brought about. This work
brings together a comprehensive array of excavated archaeological
sites in the Lower Rhine Area. Their analysis shows that the
succession of Late Mesolithic, Swifterbant culture, Hazendonk group
and Vlaardingen culture societies represents a continuous long-term
tradition of inhabitation of the wetlands and wetland margins of
this area, forming a culturally continuous record of communities in
the transition to agriculture. After demonstrating the diversity of
the Mesolithic, the subsequent developments regarding
Neolithisation are studied from an indigenous perspective.
Foregrounding the relationship between local communities and the
dynamic wetland landscape, the study shows that the archaeological
evidence of regional inhabitation points to long-term flexible
behaviour and pragmatic decisions being made concerning livelihood,
food economy and mobility. This disposition also influenced how the
novel elements of Neolithisation were incorporated. Animal
husbandry, crop cultivation and sedentism were an addition to the
existing broad spectrum economy but were incorporated within a set
of integrative strategies. For the interpretation of Neolithisation
this study offers a complementary approach to existing research.
Instead of arguing for a short transition based on the economic
importance of domesticates and cultigens at sites, this study
emphasises the persistent traditions of the communities involved.
New elements, instead of bringing about radical changes, are shown
to be attuned to existing hunter-gatherer practices. By documenting
indications of the mentalite of the inhabitants of the wetlands, it
is demonstrated that their mindset remained essentially Mesolithic
for millennia. This book is accompanied by a separate 422 page
volume containing the appendices. These constitute a comprehensive
inventory of 159, mostly excavated archaeological sites in the
Lower Rhine Area."
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