Culture and change in central European prehistory : 6th to 1st millennium BC
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Culture and change in central European prehistory : 6th to 1st millennium BC
Aarhus University Press, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-198) and indexes
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Description
This book is a cohesive overview of Central European prehistory from the introduction of agriculture around 6000 BC to the state-forming processes that began to emerge during the first millennium BC. A complex mosaic of culture, society and processes is mirrored in the material world and in certain periods involves a large part of the Eurasian continent. Culture and change must be understood as both localised and macro-regional: the book is a cultural-historical tale -- inspired by, for example, the attempts of French historians to integrate different levels of history. Emphasis is laid on the eventful boom periods where innovations and cross-cultural interaction intensified in such a way that history's mainly reproductive pattern was broken. Important turning points are attached, among other things, to the first production of food, copper- and bronze metallurgy, and the sword as a weapon and symbol. These technical innovations were part of a complicated interaction with social and cultural processes, which in many cases are connected in a pattern that can be followed in time and space.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Culture and Change: Interpretative Framework
- The First Food Producing Communities
- The Social Breakthrough of Copper-based Metallurgy
- Social Integration of Secondary Products
- Elitist Conduct and Commemoration of Warriorhood
- Bronze Metallurgy and Social Hierarchy
- The Golden Age of the Sword
- Towards Urbanisation and State Formation: Conclusions
- References and Further Reading
- Geographical Index
- Index of Names
- Subject Index.
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