Autore	Nikolova Lolita
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Warschau/Berlin : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (355 pages)
Disciplina	939.6
Altri autori (Persone)	MerliniMarco ComsaAlexandra
ISBN	3-11-049819-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments and Editorial Remarks -- Introduction. Eugen Comşa -- My Father -- Memories about Eugen Comşa -- Childhood Memories about Eugen Comşa -- Remembering about Eugen Comşa -- Short Biography of Eugen Comşa -- Selected Publications by Eugen Comşa -- Monographs -- Articles -- 1 Food Production Modes in Neolithic Anatolia and the Neolithization of the Balkans -- Bibliography -- 2 The Neolithic Site at Čatež-Sredno Polje -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Scope of Paper -- 2.3 The Site at Čatež-Sredno Polje -- 2.4 The Stone Tools -- 2.5 The Ceramics -- 2.6 Considerations -- Bibliography -- 3 Building and Burning: The Construction and Combustion of Chalcolithic Dwellings in the Lower Danub -- 3.1 Introduction: The Problem -- 3.2 The Diversity of Prehistoric Architecture -- 3.3 The Building Process -- 3.3.1 Foundation Trenches -- 3.3.2 Walls' Wooden Structure -- 3.3.3 Wattle and Daub -- 3.3.4 Water and Construction -- 3.3.5 Wooden Platform -- 3.3.6 Ceiling and Roof -- 3.3.7 Walls' Finishing -- 3.3.8 Ovens -- 3.4 The Burning Process -- 3.5 Burning the House: A Reverse Process of Construction -- 3.6 Conclusion: The Importance of the Experimental Approach -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- 4 Tărtăria Tablets: The Latest Evidence in an Archaeological Thriller -- 4.1 The Background: The Script-Like Signs Found at Turdaş and Vinča, Troy and Knossos -- 4.2 Tărtăria Tablets as the Icon on the Possibility of a European Neolithic Writing -- 4.3 A Pivotal but Questionable Discovery -- 4.3.1 Four Stages for an Investigation -- 4.4 A Magic-Religious Complex Discovered and Lost -- 4.5 Why the Tărtăria Tablets are Dubiously Dated Archaeological Artifacts -- 4.5.1 The Gossip about Radiocarbon Dating -- 4.5.2 The Vague Stratigraphy of the Tablets Inside the Pit. 4.5.3 The Uncertain Location of the Pit Inside the Stratigraphy of Vlassa's Dig -- 4.6 The Transylvanian Tablets as the Focal Point of a Controversy on the Chronology of European Preh -- 4.6.1 Scholars Acknowledging either the Vinča-Turdaş or Vinča Assumption of the Tablets and the Radi -- 4.6.2 Scholars Reconciling the Tablets with Radiocarbon Dates Maintain that they could have been Int -- 4.6.3 Scholars Questioning the Authenticity of the Tablets -- 4.7 Tărtăria Tablets as a Case of Serendipity -- 4.8 Are the Famous Tărtăria Tablets Infamous? -- 4.9 The Radiocarbon Dating of the Human Bones Found with the Tablets -- 4.10 The Enigma of the Charred Human Being, the Cultic Sacrifice and the Cannibalistic Ritual -- 4.11 The Puzzle of the Corpse's Identity -- 4.11.1 Sex and Age -- 4.11.2 The Height -- 4.11.3 The Anthropological Type -- 4.11.4 Paleopathologic Aspects -- 4.11.5 The Posture -- 4.12 We are not Dealing with a Ritual Pit and a Votive Deposit but with a Consecrated Grave of a Nov -- 4.13 Milady Tărtăria and her Casket with Magic Tools -- 4.14 Transylvanian Tablets and the Sacred Script for Initiates -- 4.15 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 5 About the Prehistoric Burial Rites, Rituals and Anthropological Data in Dobroudja (Eneolithic-Iron -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Archaeological Data -- 5.2.1 Early Eneolithic Period -- 5.2.1.1 Hamangia Culture -- 5.2.2 The Transitional Period to the Bronze Age and the Bronze Age -- 5.2.2.1 Cernavodă III -- 5.2.2.2 The Tumular Burials -- 5.2.3 Early Iron Age (Hallstatt Period) -- 5.2.3.1 Babadag Culture -- 5.3 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 6 A Copper Age Workshop for Gold at Cheile Turzii, Peştera Ungurească (Turda Canyon, Hungarian Cave) -- 6.1 Location -- 6.2 Short History -- 6.3 Stratigraphy -- 6.4 The Horizon with "Pastilatte Handles Pottery"/Scheibenhenckel-Late Bodrogkeresztúr -- 6.5 The Construction. 6.6 The Oven -- 6.7 The Archaeological Material -- 6.8 The Gold Jewelry -- 6.9 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 7 Towards the Theory of Social Status: Cultural Parameters of Secure Social Status in Prehistory (a -- 7.1 Setting -- 7.2 Towards the Sociological Theory of Social Status -- 7.2.1 Social Position and Social Status -- 7.2.2 Formal and Non-formal Social Status -- 7.2.3 Social Status is Mobile -- 7.2.4 Social Status and Social Class -- 7.2.5 Segmentation and Stratification, Ordinary and Elite -- 7.2.6 Theoretical Synthesis -- 7.3 Towards the Cultural Parameters of Secure Social Status in Prehistory -- 7.3.1 Houses and Secure Status -- 7.3.2 Burials in Settlements as Accumulation of Wealth -- 7.3.3 Prehistoric Figurines and Secure Status -- 7.3.4 Metal and Accumulation of Wealth -- 7.3.5 Sedentarization and Mobility, and Secure Status -- 7.3.6 Wealth and Secure Status -- 7.3.7 Health and Social Status -- 7.3.8 The Wealth of Learning -- 7.3.9 The Social Mind and Security -- 7.4 Social Complexity and Social Status: Yunatsite Culture Case Study -- 7.5 Conclusive Summary -- Bibliography -- 8 The Bronze and Early Iron Age Settlements in Romanian Dobroudja -- 8.1 The Early Bronze Age -- 8.2 The Middle and Late Bronze Age: The Coslogeni Culture -- 8.2.1 The Range -- 8.2.2 The Origin -- 8.2.3 The Evolution -- 8.2.4 The Habitats -- 8.2.4.1 The Settlements -- 8.2.4.1.1 The Types of Settlements -- 8.2.4.1.2 The Location of the Settlements -- 8.2.4.1.3 Size -- 8.2.4.2 The Houses -- 8.2.4.2.1 Types of Houses -- 8.2.4.2.2 The Fire Installations -- 8.2.4.2.2.1 Hearths -- 8.2.4.2.3 The Metallurgical Installations -- 8.2.4.3 The Pits -- 8.2.4.3.1 Domestic and Storage Pits -- 8.2.4.3.2 Ritual Pits -- 8.3 The Iron Age. The Babadag Culture -- 8.3.1 The Range -- 8.3.2 The Origin -- 8.3.3 The Evolution -- 8.3.4 The Human Habitats -- 8.3.4.1 The Settlements. 8.3.4.1.1 Location -- 8.3.4.1.2 Settlement Types -- 8.3.4.1.3 Size -- 8.3.4.2 The Dwellings -- 8.3.4.2.1 Pithouses and Semi-Pithouses -- 8.3.4.2.1.1 Shape -- 8.3.4.2.1.2 Size -- 8.3.4.2.1.3 Orientation -- 8.3.4.2.1.4 Depth -- 8.3.4.2.1.5 Using Time -- 8.3.4.2.1.6 The Pithouses Fitting Outs -- 8.3.4.3.2 Surface (Ground) Constructions -- 8.3.4.3.2.1 Shape -- 8.3.4.2.2.2 Size -- 8.3.4.3 The Fire Installations -- 8.3.4.3.1.1 Location -- 8.3.4.3.1.1 Shape -- 8.3.4.3.2 Kilns -- 8.3.4.4 The Pits -- 8.3.4.4.1 Shape -- 8.3.4.4.2 Size -- 8.3.4.4.3 Functionality -- 8.4 Some Concluding Remarks -- 8.4.1 List A. Possible, Early and Middle Bronze Age Settlements in Dobroudja -- 8.4.2 List B. The Coslogeni Culture in Dobroudja -- 8.4.3 List C. The Settlements of the Babadag Culture -- Bibliography -- 9 Figurative Representations on the Phalerae Found between the Ural, the Caucasus ... and the Balkan -- 9.1 Diffusion Region -- 9.2 Archaeological Contexts -- 9.3 Materials -- 9.4 Cultural Environment -- 9.5 Chronology -- 9.6 Techniques -- 9.7 Shapes and Sizes -- 9.8 Inventory Associations -- 9.9 Ornamentation Types -- 9.10 Possible Interpretations -- 9.11 List of Discoveries with Figurative Representations -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910688233403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2017]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (356 p.)
Disciplina	939.6
Soggetto topico	Ancient history History, Ancient SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Soggetto non controllato	Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Cultural Parameters, Social Status, Archaeology, Prehistory, Burials, Balkans, Black Sea, Circumpontica, Houses, Phalerae, Tartaria Tablets
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments and Editorial Remarks -- Introduction. Eugen Comşa -- 1 Food Production Modes in Neolithic Anatolia and the Neolithization of the Balkans -- 2 The Neolithic Site at Čatež-Sredno Polje -- 3 Building and Burning: The Construction and Combustion of Chalcolithic Dwellings in the Lower Danube and the Eastern Carpathian Areas from the Perspective of Experimental Archaeology -- 4 Tărtăria Tablets: The Latest Evidence in an Archaeological Thriller -- 5 About the Prehistoric Burial Rites, Rituals and Anthropological Data in Dobroudja (Eneolithic-Iron Age) -- 6 A Copper Age Workshop for Gold at Cheile Turzii, Peştera Ungurească (Turda Canyon, Hungarian Cave), Transylvania -- 7 Towards the Theory of Social Status: Cultural Parameters of Secure Social Status in Prehistory (a Cross-Disciplinary Approach) -- 8 The Bronze and Early Iron Age Settlements in Romanian Dobroudja -- 9 Figurative Representations on the Phalerae Found between the Ural, the Caucasus ... and the Balkan Mountains (2nd-1st Century BC) -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index
Record Nr.	UNISA-996463253103316