Beyond heterogeneities

New perspectives on social and cultural diversity from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-94-6427-111-9
Verlag: Sidestone Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

Reihe: Scales of Transformation

This volume presents various facets of recent archaeological investigations into Neolithic and Bronze Age societies in the Carpathian Basin spanning from the 7th and 2nd millennium BCE. It delves into population dynamics, settlement patterns, and the spread of the Neolithic way of life through methodological approaches such as demographic analysis and environmental modelling.

Moreover, the book explores social transformations and the development of inequalities, emphasizing the role of cultural complexes and technological advancements in shaping prehistoric societies. Interdisciplinary studies encompassing the spatial scales from the archaeological site up to the supra-regional level shed new light on domestic practices, subsistence strategies, and integration into regional socio-economic networks. Several contributions deal with enclosures and communal areas, which are reinterpreted to unveil their ritual significance and community dynamics. This is particularly evident in those cases that include burials. Ritual practices surrounding burial sites are seen as responses to social crises and complex situations, reflecting the negotiation of individuality and community identity.

Overall, the book underscores the multifaceted nature of Neolithic and Bronze Age societies, showcasing their adaptability, social complexity, and elaborate interactions with the environment and neighbouring communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furholt, Kata

Depaermentier, Margaux L. C.

Kempf, Michael

Furholt, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface of the Series Editors
Wiebke Kirleis, Johannes Müller

Introduction
Kata Furholt, Margaux L. C. Depaermentier, Michael Kempf, Martin Furholt

PART 1. POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT DYNAMICS

Starcevo-Körös-Cris regional and macro-regional palaeo-demography
Tamara Blagojevic, Marko Porcic, Sofija Stefanovic

Exploring Neolithic site preferences in the river Tisza floodplain using point pattern analysis and multicomponent environmental models
Michael Kempf, Gerrit Günther, Margaux L. C. Depaermentier

The possible effect of plant cover on wind comfort in the Late Neolithic: a case study using environmental reconstruction for the site of Makaranda (northern Serbia)
Aleksandar Medovic, Robert Hofmann, Martin Furholt, Tijana Stankovic Pešterac, Ildiko Medovic, Stefan Dreibrodt, Liudmyla Shatilo, Kata Furholt, Fynn Wilkes, Darko Radmanovic, Nikola Mrkšic

Neolithic settlement structures on the lower reaches of the Tisza River, Vojvodina, Serbia: the results of archaeo-magnetic prospection
Robert Hofmann, Kata Furholt, Aleksandar Medovic, Martin Furholt, Fynn Wilkes, Ildiko Medovic, Tijana Stankovic Pešterac, Till Kühl, Sebastian Schultrich, Raško Ramadanski, Lenkskaya Martinova

Szegvár-Tuzköves (Tisza region, Hungary): teaching an old site new tricks
Pál Raczky, András Füzesi, Gábor Mesterházy, Kata Furholt, Eszter Bánffy, Knut Rassmann, Máté Stibrányi, Gábor Serlegi

PART 2. SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND INEQUALITIES

Social transformations of liminal areas in the Late Neolithic: a multidisciplinary approach to the site of Gradište (Serbia)
Miroslav Maric, Silvia Amicone, Jelena Bulatovic, Nemanja Markovic, Neda Mirkovic Maric

Circuits of reproduction: The opportunities and power to change
Tamás Polányi

Applying the Inequality Possibility Frontier and the Inequality Extraction Ratio to archaeological data: studying inequality in the Early Bronze Age cemetery of Jelšovce (Slovakia)
Fynn Wilkes, Henry Skorna

PART 3. ENCLOSURE AND COMMUNAL AREAS

Understanding the variability of deposition practices involving human remains in Neolithic settlements of the northern Carpathian Basin: the Neolithic site of Vráble (Nitra district, Slovakia)
Martin Furholt, Ivan Cheben

Exploring the Late Neolithic ditch: new data on dating, subsistence and environment from a circular enclosure at Bordoš, Vojvodina, Serbia
Robert Hofmann, Aleksandar Medovic, Slobodan B. Markovic, György Sipos, Sarah Pleuger-Dreibrodt, Rundall A. Schaetzl, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, Milica G. Radakovic, Ildiko Medovic, Desanka Kostic, Stefan Dreibrodt, Fynn Wilkes, Tijana Stankovic Pešterac, Martin Furholt

PART 4. ECONOMY AND SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES

Animal economy of the Lengyel Culture population in Slovakia and the case study of Kiarov
Noémi Beljak Pažinová, Katarína Šimunková, Alena Bistáková

Continuity in lithic tool production and raw material use at the Neolithic site of Karancsság, in the North-Hungarian Mountains (Nógrád county, Hungary)
Kata Furholt

Social and cultural diversity in the later prehistory of the Carpathian Basin: some implications
Eszter Bánffy

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Kata Furholt:

Kata Furholt is a research fellow and lecturer at Kiel University (CAU) in Germany. Since 2021, she has been working on the XSCAPE project (ERC Synergy grant) where she studies materiality in Prehistoric Societies with special attenti