Spatial variation and patterning in the distribution of artefacts
are topics of fundamental significance in Balkan archaeology. For
decades, archaeologists have classified spatial clusters of
artefacts into discrete "cultures", which have been conventionally
treated as bound entities and equated with past social or ethnic
groups. This timely volume fulfils the need for an up-to-date and
theoretically informed dialogue on group identity in Balkan
prehistory. Thirteen case studies covering the beginning of the
Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age and written by archaeologists
conducting fieldwork in the region, as well as by ethnologists with
a research focus on material culture and identity, provide a robust
foundation for exploring these issues. Bringing together the latest
research, with a particular intentional focus on the central and
western Balkans, this collection offers original perspectives on
Balkan prehistory with relevance to the neighbouring regions of
Eastern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean and Anatolia. Balkan
Dialogues challenges long-established interpretations in the field
and provides a new, contextualised reading of the archaeological
record of this region.
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