LEADER 03515oam 2200565M 450 001 9910967636503321 005 20240509031950.0 010 $a9781789250299 010 $a1789250293 010 $a9781789250275 010 $a1789250277 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(Perlego)954018 035 $a(OCoLC)1430662564 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 $a1 online resource (296 pages) 311 08$a9781789250268 311 08$a1789250269 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Traditional and archaic societies - problems linked to the search for social and power attributes in the archaeological record -- 3. A maelstrom of hypotheses - origin, spread, function -- 4. Rondel research methodologies, the state of research and our data base -- 5. Rondel settlement case studies -- 6. Rondels - structural elements, original appearance and construction -- 7. Radiocarbon dating in action -- 8. What is in the neighbourhood? A summary of rondel regions, microregions, settlement patterns and site layouts -- 9. A closer look - settlement patterns and site layouts of the STK in Bohemia -- 10. Big Men or Chiefs? The limits of archaeological sources -- Bibliography. 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 $a9910967636503321 996 $aBig men or chiefs$94344258 997 $aUNINA