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The early Balkan village
Varia archaeologica Hungarica • II • Published In 1989 • Pages: 33-53
By: Chapman, J. C..
Abstract
Chapman compares different types of settlements, mostly tells and flat-site hamlets or villages, in the Balkans from the Neolithic through the Copper Age. Chapman concludes with some interesting points. '…[T]here is no evidence for inter-polity domination at village level … instead there is evidence for close structural and functional links between parent communities and dispersed farmsteads and between settlements of similar size.' (page39). 'In flat sites…house building and re-building was not centrally planned. By contrast, at certain …tells, there is … evidence that all the buildings ..were knocked down …at the same time and rebuilt in one single operation…Such a village re-building may well have involved as much work as constructing an Atlantic megalith…[this] may be an accurate reflection of lineage control on frequently re-built tells.' Chapman also explores the possiblity of communal ownership of agricultural land.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Archaeologist
- Archaeologist
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 2001
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- Copper Age
- Coverage Place
- southeast Europe; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldava, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Ukraine
- Notes
- J. C. Chapman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Copper Age--Europe, eastern