From surface collection to prehistoric lifeways : making sense of the multi-period site of Orlovo, south east Bulgaria / / edited by John Chapman ; with contributions by Bisserka Gaydarska ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville, : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 949.9/6
• Soggetto topico: Antiquities, Prehistoric - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region; Material culture - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region - History - To 1500; Prehistoric peoples - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region - Social life and customs; Community life - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region - History - To 1500; Social archaeology - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region; Neolithic period - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region; Copper age - Bulgaria - Khaskovo Region
• Soggetto geografico: Orlovo Site (Bulgaria); Khaskovo Region (Bulgaria) Antiquities; Khaskovo Region (Bulgaria) Antiquities Collection and preservation
• Altri autori: ChapmanJohn <1951-> GaydarskaBisserka
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: from surface collection to past lifeways / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- The site of Orlovo in its local and regional context / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarka, and Ruslan Kostov -- The fired clay figurines / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ana Raduntcheva -- The ornaments / John Chapman and Ruslan Kostov -- The polished stone tools / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ruslan Kostov -- Interpreting the site and the objects / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska, and Ana Raduntcheva -- Conclusions / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 1: catalogue of finds / Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 2: other finds / Ana Raduntcheva and John Chapman.
• Sommario/riassunto: The communities who lived in the Balkans between 7000 and 4000 Cal. BC have now been the focus of intensive and increasingly inter-disciplinary research for the last forty years. Dwelling between the warm, dry Mediterranean zones of the Aegean and Anatolia and the cooler and snowier Central European heartlands, these communities created distinctive social formations that left enduring marks on today's landscapes. One of the key trends in these millennia concerned the high value attributed to the exotic, especially if that was represented by objects of striking colour and brilliance. Thus, the
• Titolo autorizzato: From surface collection to prehistoric lifeways
• ISBN: 1-84217-776-1; 1-299-48509-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828911503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II