Overview

Settlement evidence has long been an under-studied category of finds in examining the cultural changes which occurred in northern central Europe in the final centuries BC. These changes have been widely associated with the process of latènisation which affected most of the communities in the North European Plain in the Iron Age. This book addresses the central question of the mechanism and agency behind these changes, by examining material culture patterns. The study uses data from 89 systematically selected settlement sites located in the Oder River area, including places of production. The data is contextualised against the evidence from other central and northern European sites of similar chronology and against other categories of finds from the study area. The book also contains systematic catalogues of the examined sites, of their buildings, and of settlement features of other kinds.

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Author:   Joanna Ewa Markiewicz
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9781407316833

ISBN 10:   1407316834
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   28 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction 1.1 Objectives 1.2 Why settlements? 1.3 Chronology 1.4 Study area 1.5 Methods 1.6 Central Europe in the younger Pre-Roman Iron Age 1.6.1 The La Tène cultural zone 1.6.2 The Przeworsk culture 1.6.3 The Jastorf culture and the Großromstedt horizon 1.6.4 The Gubin group 1.6.5 Summary 2 What is La Tène? Views on the nature of the so-called La Tène culture and its local variations 2.1 The La Tène culture as an archaeological culture 2.2 Latènisation 2.3 The impact of the latènisation process on the northern central European Iron Age societies according to the present state of the art 3 Models of cultural change in northern central Europe 3.1 Objectives 3.2 Latènisation (cultural change) as consumption of goods and values 3.3 Latènisation (cultural change) as imitation 3.4 Latènisation (cultural change) as instruction/training 3.5 Latènisation (cultural change) as a result of migration 3.6 Latènisation (cultural change) as colonialism 3.7 Latènisation (cultural change) as hybridisation 3.8 Romanisation vs. latènisation - a peculiar match? 4 Archaeological sources 4.1 Research history - the Oder River basin and territories between its estuary and the Parseta River 4.1.1 The upper and middle Oder with the Notec area 4.1.2 The Lower Oder and the area between the Oder River estuary and the Parseta River 4.2 Sites selected and selection criteria 4.3 Settlement features selected and selection criteria 4.4 Settlement fi nds selected and selection criteria 4.5 Preservation conditions and state of preservation of settlement finds and structures 5 Oder River basin settlements 5.1 Location and soil conditions 5.1.1 La Tène sites 5.1.2 Przeworsk sites 5.1.3 Jastorf sites 5.1.4 Farming tools 5.2 Spatial organisation and settlement patterns 5.2.1 The La Tène sites 5.2.2 Sites with Przeworsk- and Jastorf-type finds 5.2.3 Evidence from outside of the study area 5.2.3.1 Jutland and the Danish Isles 5.2.3.2 Northern Lowland 5.2.3.3 The La Tène zone 5.2.3.4 Areas east of the Oder River zone 5.3 Water supplies 5.4 Summary 6 Housing 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Pit houses 6.2.1 Size 6.2.2 Construction types 6.2.3 Function 6.3 Ground-level post buildings 6.3.1 Size and construction types 6.3.2 Function 6.4 Interpretation 7 Technology, specialised and non-household production 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Iron metallurgy 7.2.1 Iron smelting 7.2.2 Further stages of iron processing 7.3 Pottery kilns and pottery firing 7.3.1 Organisation of the pottery production 7.4 Lime kilns and lime firing 7.5 Other kilns and hearths 7.6 Rotation 7.6.1 Potter's wheel 7.6.2 Lathe - woodturning, bone- and antler-working, amber-working, metalworking 7.6.3 Rotary querns 8 The question of style 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Pottery 8.2.1 Forms 8.2.2 Decoration 8.2.3 Assessment 8.3 Fibulae 8.4 Militaria 8.4.1 Swords and scabbards 8.4.2 Shield bosses 8.4.3 Spearheads 8.4.4 Spurs 8.4.5 Other militaria 8.5 Tools 8.6 Other items 8.7 Imports, imitations and their utilisation: visual similarities and structural differences? 9 Is there any La Tène? The anatomy of the cultural change in the younger Pre-Roman Iron Age Oder River zone 9.1 Objectives 9.2 The 'consumption of goods and values' scenario 9.3 The 'imitation' scenario 9.4 The 'direct instruction/training' scenario 9.5 The 'migration' scenario 9.6 The 'colonialism' scenario 9.7 The 'hybridisation' scenario 9.8 Cultural change in non-elite contexts 9.9 Summary Bibliography Appendix 1 Catalogue of sites Appendix 2 Catalogue of buildings Appendix 3 Catalogue of hearths and production features

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'[This work] covers an area and material which has hardly been discussed before, particularly in English, and thus makes considerable amounts of evidence available for the first time. There is nothing comparable in both scope and depth available at the moment.' Prof. Raimund Karl, Bangor University

'[This work] covers an area and material which has hardly been discussed before, particularly in English, and thus makes considerable amounts of evidence available for the first time. There is nothing comparable in both scope and depth available at the moment.' Prof. Raimund Karl, Bangor University

Author Information

Joanna Markiewicz earned her PhD from the University of Wroclaw. Her research focuses on the central and northern European Iron Age, and her main interests include settlement archaeology, archaeology of crafts and archaeology of production, both in their theoretical and experimental aspects.

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