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The west Pontic 'maritime interaction sphere': a long-term structure in Balkan prehistory?

Oxford journal of archaeology • 12 (2) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 175-196

By: Price, R. P. S..

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

Price examines the interactions between inland and coastal sites from the Mesolithic through the begining of the Early Bronze Age. Price sees many of the differences as due to ritual activities which arose during the Mesolithic and which would have had implications for social organization. Some of the differences are seen in house forms, longevity of settlements, pottery decorations, extended burials and including figurines in burials along the coast, verses inland cult structures that are separate from the cemeteries. Price sees Varna as, '…as a new elaboration of longstanding burial practices.' (page 192).

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

Sociocultural trends

Cultural participation

Burial practices and funerals

Special burial practices and funerals

General character of religion

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

Late Chalcolithic Period through the Transitional Period

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

Bulgaria and Romania

NotesAdditional notes

R. P. S. Price

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-196)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

84646474

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Copper Age--Europe, eastern