Pre-writing in Southeastern Europe
Author: Shan M. M. Winn
Publisher: Calgary : Western Publishers
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Shan M. M. Winn
Publisher: Calgary : Western Publishers
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Harald Haarmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-02-13
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 3110869055
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: T. Douglas Price
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013-01-09
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0199986827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Werner Herzog's 2011 film Cave of Forgotten Dreams, about the painted caves at Chauvet, France brought a glimpse of Europe's extraordinary prehistory to a popular audience. But paleolithic cave paintings, stunning as they are, form just a part of a story that begins with the arrival of the first humans to Europe 1.3 million years ago, and culminates in the achievements of Greece and Rome. In Europe before Rome, T. Douglas Price takes readers on a guided tour through dozens of the most important prehistoric sites on the continent, from very recent discoveries to some of the most famous and puzzling places in the world, like Chauvet, Stonehenge, and Knossos. This volume focuses on more than 60 sites, organized chronologically according to their archaeological time period and accompanied by 200 illustrations, including numerous color photographs, maps, and drawings. Our understanding of prehistoric European archaeology has been almost completely rewritten in the last 25 years with a series of major findings from virtually every time period, such as Ötzi the Iceman, the discoveries at Atapuerca, and evidence of a much earlier eruption at Mt. Vesuvius. Many of the sites explored in the book offer the earliest European evidence we have of the typical features of human society--tool making, hunting, cooking, burial practices, agriculture, and warfare. Introductory prologues to each chapter provide context for the wider changes in human behavior and society in the time period, while the author's concluding remarks offer expert reflections on the enduring significance of these places. Tracing the evolution of human society in Europe across more than a million years, Europe before Rome gives readers a vivid portrait of life for prehistoric man and woman.
Author: Lonely Planet
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9781743211069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lolita Nikolova
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →These two volumes consist of forty nine papers from two international archaeological meetings in Bulgaria in 2001 and 2002, including recent research and trends in analysing symbolic systems in southeast Europe. Examining material from the Neolithic to Iron Age, contributors discuss and analyse evidence relating to settlement patterns, ceramics, metal objects and burial practices, and how these reflect different symbolic systems and forms of cultural interaction and continuity. Eight of the papers look in particular at the first millennium BC Starosel temple-tomb found in 2000 and its significance for the nature and development of Thracian culture.
Author: Josef Schmied
Publisher:
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9783954049592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lolita Nikolova
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 3110500825
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Western-Pontic Culture Ambience and Pattern: In Memory of Eugen Comsa' is dedicated to the memory of Eugen Comsa, an archaeologist whose work created the foundation of the Northern Balkan prehistory and was essential for the contemporary view of the prehistory of the North-western Pontic region. This edited volume brings together researchers in the field of Circumpontic archaeology from the Neolithic to the Iron Age period. The content of the volume is offered to students and scholars who seek a deeper understanding of the prehistory of the Western Pontic region, in particular the Balkans in their Eurasian context and more broadly to enhance the scholarly collections of academic, educational, public and private libraries throughout the world.
Author: Walter Ashlin Fairservis
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-07-17
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9004676759
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A description of a methodology by which to decipher the writing of the Harappan civilization. The methodology is then applied and the results set forth in detail. There, results coupled with the author's extensive archaeological knowledge of the Indus Civilization creates a picture of ancient South Asian life much of which in content is unique.
Author: Mary Lecron Foster
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-11
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1000302997
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume considers the role of analogy in symbol formation, with reference to bodily process. It focuses on symbols and symbolic structures that can be traced over millenia and across geographical distance and addresses the beginnings of figurative art in the Upper Paleolithic cave paintings.
Author: Paola Demattè
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022-10-18
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 0197635768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study explores the evidence for Chinese writing in the late Neolithic (3500-2000 BCE) and early Bronze Age (2000-1250 BCE) periods. Chinese writing is often said to have begun with little incubation during the late Shang period (c. 1300-1045 BCE) in the middle-lower Yellow River Valley area as a sudden independent invention. This explanation runs counter to evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica that shows that independent developments of writing generally undergo a protracted evolution. It also ignores archaeological data from the Chinese Neolithic and early Bronze Age that reveals the existence of signs comparable to Shang characters. Paola Demattè takes this data into account to address the issue of what writing is, and when, why, and how it develops, by employing a theory of writing that does not privilege language as a prime mover. It focuses instead on visual systems of communication as well as ideological and socio-economic developments as key elements that promote the eventual development of writing. To understand the processes that led to primary developments of writing, The Origins of Chinese Writing draws from the latest research on the early writing systems of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Mesoamerica, and other forms of protowriting. The result is a novel and inclusive theoretical approach to the archaeological evidence, grammatological data, and textual sources, an approach that demonstrates that Chinese writing emerged out of a long process that began in the Late Neolithic and continued during the Early Bronze Age.