LEADER 02569oam 2200493M 450 001 9910826003803321 005 20220208102230.0 010 $a1-78925-029-3 010 $a1-78925-027-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000008045642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5759431 035 $a(OCoLC)1256700863 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1256700863 035 $a(MiAaJST)10.2307/j.ctv13nb7k7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30542686 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30542686 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008045642 100 $a20180914d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBig men or chiefs?$erondel builders of neolithic Europe /$fJaroslav Ridky, Petr Kvetina, Petr Limbursky, Marketa Koncelova, Pavel Burgert and Radka Sumberova 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford, England ;$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cOxbow Books,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (296 pages) 311 $a1-78925-026-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aIf there is a feature of the Central European Neolithic period that deserves increased attention of researchers and all those with interest in prehistory, it is circular architecture of the dimensions of many tens of metres, from which only negative imprints of the ditches and imprints of posts in the form of postholes or narrow trenches are preserved to this day. The reason is that it offers quite a different insight into the skills and interpersonal relationships of ancient societies that lived in Europe in the first half of the fifth millennium BC. The authors ask whether these structures, most often termed rondels, can be regarded as 'architecture of power' - the first clear evidence of thought-out power strategies of some individuals or their groups. Using anthropological terms - were they skilful and exceptional entrepreneurs with an ad hoc status (such as Big Men) living in egalitarian/segmented communities, or rather powerful Chiefs living in rank and hereditary based societies/chiefdoms?0. 606 $aNeolithic period$zEurope, Central 606 $aExcavations (Archaeology)$zEurope, Central 607 $aEurope, Central$xAntiquities 615 0$aNeolithic period 615 0$aExcavations (Archaeology) 676 $a936.01 700 $aKrejc?i?$b Jaroslav$0638615 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826003803321 996 $aBig men or chiefs$94048138 997 $aUNINA