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The Black Sea and the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Near East and Asia.
This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Black Sea and the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Near East and Asia; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration and Spelling of Cyrillic Names; Introduction; The Soviet Sea; The Black Sea between Europe and the Orient; Theoretical Background and Concepts; Organization of the Book; 1 Environment; The Valley of the Lower Kuban; The Grasslands of the North Black Sea; The Western Coast; The Coast of Anatolia; Sea Level Change and Coastal Formation; A Note on Marine Biodiversity; 2 A Framework of Technology; A Definition of Technology.
- Archaeological Approaches to TechnologyInnovation in Technology; Transmission and Adoption of Technology; Outlook; 3 Eurasia: The Neolithic Prologue; Technological Developments in Southwest Asia; Farming Technology; Food Technology; Textiles; Lithic Technology; Pyrotechnology; Conclusions; The Spread of Farming in the Black Sea Littoral; The Coast of Anatolia; The Coast of the Balkans; The Northern Black Sea Littoral; The Caucasian Coast; Outlook: The Age of Copper; 4 The Valley of the Lower Kuban; Introduction; Archaeological Fieldwork; Synopses; Chronology.
- Shifting Households and Stable CemeteriesHabitation Sites; Cemeteries; Conclusions; Farmers and Pastoralists on the Lower Kuban; Crops, Domestic Animals and Wild Resources; Storage of Staple Foods and Food Preparation Habits; Textiles and Lithic Materials; Weaving Crafts; Lithic Technology; Ceramic Vessels and Faience; Pottery; Faience; Metallurgical Innovations; Mining, Beneficiation and Smelting of Ores; Alloying; Melting and Casting; Metalwork; Metal Inventory; Animal-Powered Transport; Social Valuables and Funeral Feasts; Long-Distance Trade; Decoupling the Syro-Anatolian connection.
- The "Chaff-Faced Horizon" in Southwest AsiaThe Great Khorasan Road and the North Caucasus; 5 The North Black Sea Grassland; Introduction; Archaeological Fieldwork; Synopses; Chronology; Dispersed Communities; Farming in the Grasslands; Conservatism in the Manufacturing Technologies; Lithics; Ceramic Vessels; Metals; Transport; Domestic Architecture; Social Repertory and Long-Distance Contacts; Concluding Remarks; 6 Wetlands of the Western Black Sea; Introduction; Archaeological Fieldwork; Synopses; Chronology; Hamlets, Kurgans and the Transformation of the Neolithic Settlement Tradition.
- SettlementBurial Customs; Domesticating the Steppe; Crop Cultivation, Animal Husbandry and Exploitation of Wild Resources; Storage of Staple Foods and Food Preparation Habits; The Emergence of Complex Technologies; Weaving Crafts; Lithic Technologies; Pottery; Faience; Transport; Domestic Architecture; Copper Metallurgy and Metalwork; Mining and Smelting of Ores; Alloying, Melting and Casting; Metalwork; Metal Inventory; Social Practices and the Emergence of Monumentality; Usatovo, the Forest-Steppe and the Danube; 7 Unknown Coasts: The Black Sea Littoral of Anatolia; Introduction.