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- Bartosiewicz, László, 1954-, et al.
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Subsistence Practices in Central and Eastern Europe.
- 2015
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199545841 ; , s. 411-428
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Kristiansen, Kristian, 1948
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The Decline of the Neolithic and the Rise of Bronze Age Society
- 2015
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of the Neolithic / Edited by Chris Fowler, Jan Harding, and Daniela Hofmann. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199545841 ; , s. 1093-1117
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter explores the historical transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age between the fourth and the third millennia BC and highlights some major qualitative or structural differences between the two. It argues that this new social formation restructured the political economy around a new set of institutions, giving rise to more complex societies at a global level. The chapter first examines the historical conditions or forces that led to the decline of the Neolithic and the rise of the Bronze Age in prehistoric Europe by comparing seemingly similar tell societies in both epochs in the Carpathian basin before identifying the new institutions of the Bronze Age, including the regional economic division of labour. As bronze was universally adopted it implied regular long-distance trade in metal, which created a new globalized economy that did not exist during the Neolithic.
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- Larsson, Mats, 1951-
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Places of settlement in Southern Scandinavia
- 2015. - 1
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Ingår i: The Oxford handbook of Neolithic Europe. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199545841 ; , s. 345-358
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter explores the development of Neolithic settlement structures in Scandinavia from c. 4000–1700 BC. Mainly due to recent developer-based archaeology our knowledge of both different types of houses and the development of settlement structure has increased dramatically. The article provides a broad overview of this large geographical area from a long term perspective.
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- Ramstad, Morten, et al.
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Amber
- 2013
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe. Chris Fowler, Jan Harding, and Daniela Hofmann (eds.). - : Oxford University Press. - 9780199545841
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- During the transition to the fourth millennium, large quantities of amber start being distributed over the landscapes of northern and north-eastern Europe. By exploring the handling and use of amber prior to and after the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, this chapter traces the transformation and cultural expressions connected to amber to gain insight into changing concepts of material culture, personhood, and materiality, transcending the evolutionary frameworks which dominate this period.
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- Sjögren, Karl-Göran, 1949
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Mortuary Practices, Bodies and Persons in Northern Europe
- 2015
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Ingår i: The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe / edited by Chris Fowler, Jan Harding and Daniela Hofmann. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 9780199545841 ; , s. 1005-1022
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter provides a brief overview of practices involving human remains during the period c. 4000–2200 BC in northern Europe, with an emphasis on Denmark and southern Sweden. Finds of human bones come from a number of different contexts, such as monumental and earthen graves, mortuary houses, bog finds, causewayed camps, and settlements. Some of these remains may be the product of specific stages in extended mortuary processes, while others probably result from different kinds of practices. The interpretation of megalithic tombs as ossuaries is reviewed critically, and an alternative interpretation, primary burial with subsequent handling of selected bones, is preferred. Recent evidence from eastern Sweden, indicating more complex mortuary practices than usually envisaged for the middle Neolithic in this area, is discussed briefly. This includes the practice of cremation, indications of secondary burial, and the discovery of probable mortuary houses.
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