Neolithisation Processes in Southeast Europe
Neolithisation Processes in Southeast Europe
Author(s): Mihael BudjaSubject(s): Cultural history, Agriculture, Social history, Ancient World, Social development
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Southeast Europe; Neolithic; Neolitization process; transition from Mesolithic to Neolithic; farming; hunting; cultural development; pottery;
Summary/Abstract: After many years of modern investigation the transition from mainly hunter-gatherer Mesolithic to predominantly farming Neolithic societies still remains embedded in the context of a succession of periods, a linear evolution and cultural development, which linked mobile hunter-gatherer groups with the Mesolithic, and sedentary farmers with the Neolithic. The dominant model depicted hunter-gatherer social systems as rigid patrilocal, exogamous and territorial band organizations, and related this to a scarcity of resources and the importance of hunting. Farming, on the other hand, would imply, at the first sight, different relations of production, with cultivation removing many of the risks and uncertainties of hunter-gathering, allowing accumulation, and thus making reciprocity far from desirable. [...]
Journal: Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 23-59
- Page Count: 37
- Language: English