book chapter
Chapter 5: Accents of change : south-east Europe, c. 4000-3000 BC
Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new orlds, by Alasdair Whittle • Cambridge • Published In 1996 • Pages: 122-143, 386-432
By: Whittle, A. W. R..
Abstract
Whittle describes some of the major changes that occur in southeast Europe during this time period and discusses some of the theories about why the changes occurred. He examines the changes in settlement patterns and when they occurred throughout southeast Europe. Whittle also decribes the site of Dereivka near the Dniepr in the Ukraine, in more detail. This site may have evidence of early domestication of horses, including herding and riding. To account for the changes that occured in settlement patterns and burial practices Whittle believes people were more mobile than previously thought, even before the arrival of the horse and wheel. These new modes of transportation merely accelerated the existing changes. Whittle also looks at some of the changes in domestic animal use as people began to use their animals for more than meat and hides, but for their 'secondary products' such as milk, wool, and traction.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 6000 BP-5000 BP (4000 B.C.-3000 B.C.)
- Coverage Place
- southeast Europe; Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Moldavia, Romania, Ukraine
- Notes
- Alasdair Whittle
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-432)
- LCCN
- 95012812
- LCSH
- Copper Age--Europe, eastern