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Explores Neolithic cultural change through analysis of monumental clay figurines. In this fascinating new study, Eszter Banffy takes a holistic approach to the definition of monumental early Neolithic clay figurines, analogies over Southeast Europe, and the reconstruction of rituals involved in the making and using of figurines. She reviews a broad scope of environmental and (social) zooarchaeological analyses to examine the concomitant development and significance of early dairying. The target is to present one possible narrative on the fading of the South-east European 'clayscapes', towards the birth of the LBK and the Central European Neolithic. AUTHOR: Eszter Banffy is a Hungarian archaeologist, specialised in European prehistory, in particular of Central and South-east Europe, authoring several books and a wide range of papers. She has worked for the Archaeological Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences; as a professor of prehistoric archaeology and of geoarchaeology (Szeged University), and has been conducting Hungarian and international projects. Since 2013, she has been director of the Romano-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt am Main. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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Author:   Eszter Bánffy
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9781789251647

ISBN 10:   1789251648
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   30 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Appendices Author Abstract French Language Abstract German Language Abstract Foreword & Acknowledgements 1. Clayscapes – North Country: an introduction 2. The first farmers reaching the northern frontier of the Clayscapes 3. Setting the scene: the Szakmár-Kisülés site of the Körös culture in southern Hungary 4. The monumental horned clay figurine 5. The closest parallels: a new type of cult object in the northern Starčevo and Körös orbit 6. Further parallels. a cult object type of early monumentality in South-East Europe 7. Changes in subsistence patterns on the northern frontiers: the growing importance of cattle husbandry 8. Bulls that turn out to be cows: milking and female cattle depictions in the Early Neolithic? 9. Implications: the biography of a monumental figurine on the northern peripheries, seen in the context of changes in ritual customs 10. Clayscapes – North End: monumental horned figurines as an emblem of the transition to the Central European Neolithic Bibliography Index

Reviews

The volume makes an essential contribution to research on the Neolithic of Southeast Europe; the author skilfully links various topics that were important throughout the Neolithic, such as human-animal relationships, ritual, household and the like. * Bonner Jahrbucher *

...opens up a conceptual framework within which the debate on Neolithization of the Carpathian Basin and also of Central Europe is to be managed in a substantial way in the future. * Archaologische Informationen * ...a splendid contribution to our conversation about the start of farming lifeways in Europe. With excellent illustrations and a vivid sense of connections, this book is one of the finest that Eszter Banffy has yet written. We look forward to further insights into the Neolithic in the Carpathian Basin and beyond. * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society * The volume makes an essential contribution to research on the Neolithic of Southeast Europe; the author skilfully links various topics that were important throughout the Neolithic, such as human-animal relationships, ritual, household and the like. * Bonner Jahrbucher *

Author Information

Eszter Bánffy is a Hungarian archaeologist, specialised in European prehistory, in particular of Central and South-east Europe, authoring several books and a wide range of papers. She has worked for the Archaeological Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences; as a professor of prehistoric archaeology and of geoarchaeology (Szeged University), and has been conducting Hungarian and international projects. Since 2013, she has been director of the Romano-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute in Frankfurt am Main. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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