The Early Neolithic in Greece

The First Farming Communities in Europe

By:

Catherine Perles

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge World Archaeology

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Farmers made a sudden and dramatic appearance in Greece around 7000 BC, bringing with them new ceramics and crafts, and establishing settled villages. They were Europe's first farmers, and their settlements provide the link between the first agricultural communities in the Near East and the subsequent spread of the new technologies to the Balkans and on to Western Europe. Catherine Perles argues that the stimulus for the spread of agriculture to Europe was a colonisation movement involving small groups of maritime peoples. Drawing evidence from a wide range of archaeological sources, including often neglected 'small finds', and introducing daring new perspectives on funerary rituals and the distribution of figurines, she constructs a complex and subtle picture of early Neolithic societies, overturning the traditional view that these societies were simple and self-sufficient.

Author Biography:

CATHERINE PERLES is Professor in the Department of Ethnology at the University of Paris. Her recent publications include Prehistoire du feu (1977), Les industries lithiques taillees de Franchthi (3 vols., 1987, 1990, in press) and "Greek Neolithic: a new review" (co-authored with J.-P. Demoule, 1993).

Release date NZ

October 4th, 2001

Author

Catherine Perles

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Contributor

Illustrated by Gerard Monthel

Illustrations

11 Tables, unspecified; 17 Maps; 68 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

372

Series

Cambridge World Archaeology

Dimensions

170x244x20

ISBN-13

9780521000277

Product ID

2397166

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