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The autonomy of the south-east European Copper Age

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society for 1969, new ser • 35 • Published In 1969 • Pages: 12-47

By: Renfrew, Colin.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Renfrew argues that the Chalcolithic in the Balkans developed independently of other copper and bronze age cultures in the Aegean or the Near East. When Renfrew wrote this article this was not a widely held belief. In discussing these independent origins, Renfrew summarizes some of the cultures and the changes that occurred in their technologies (such as changes in ceramic designs and shapes) from the late Neolithic into the Bronze Age to demonstrate these developments as autochthonic. Renfrew also discusses copper metallurgy. Only the data relating to the Chalcolithic Period was indexed for Outline of Cultural Materials (OCM) codes.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Prehistory

Sociocultural trends

Metallurgy

Smiths and their crafts

General tools

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Southeastern Europe Late Chalcolithic

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2002

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Southeastern Europe

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry ; 2001

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

Chalcolithic Period

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro

NotesAdditional notes

Colin Renfrew

Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-47)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

78648803

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Copper Age--Europe, eastern