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Drawing on both the results of recent arhaeological research as well as anthropological theory, leading experts synthesize current thinking on the nature of and variation within Neolithic social arrangements. The authors analyze archaeological data within a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives to reconstruct key aspects of ritual practices, labor organization, and collective social identity at the scale of the household, community, and region.

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Author:   Ian Kuijt
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.070kg
ISBN:  

9781441933171

ISBN 10:   1441933174
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   06 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Life in Neolithic Farming Communities.- Regional Issues, Settlement Practices, and Sedentism.- Early Sedentism in the Near East.- Hallan Çemi and Early Village Organization in Eastern Anatolia.- Households in Transition.- Organization of Social Relations: Mortuary Ritual, Social Differentiation, and Settlement Systems.- The Quick and the Dead.- Keeping the Peace.- Ritual and Social Structure at Neolithic ’Ain Ghazal.- Is Size Important?.- Villages on the Edge.- Social Relations and Material Culture: Symbolism and Meaning.- The Symbolic Foundations of the Neolithic Revolution in the Near East.- Çatal Höyük in Context.- The Pottery Neolithic Period.- Conclusion.- Near Eastern Neolithic Research.

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The book should be required reading for anyone interested in the Neolithic. (Antiquity, 75:289, 2001) The list of participants is an impressive who's who of research on the Neolithic Near East. This collection of articles presents a fair and clear picture of the research currently being carried out in the discipline, and it is convenient to have them together in the same volume. Scholars and students will find the data presented about various sites and the comprehensive discussions very useful. (American Antiquity, 66:4, 2001) With this volume, Kuijt and his colleagues have succeeded in bringing fully into the light of academic enquiry the debate about the significance of social and symbolic elements in the Neolithic transformation. Future considerations of this episode that focus exclusively on economic and environmental issues will subsequently fall significantly short of the mark. (Roger Matthews, Institute of Archaeology, University College London; Journal of Anthropological Research, 58, 2002) The editor has brought together a distinguished line-up of regional specialists. There is much here to stimulate thought. (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9:3)

The book should be required reading for anyone interested in the Neolithic. (Antiquity, 75:289, 2001) The list of participants is an impressive who's who of research on the Neolithic Near East. This collection of articles presents a fair and clear picture of the research currently being carried out in the discipline, and it is convenient to have them together in the same volume. Scholars and students will find the data presented about various sites and the comprehensive discussions very useful. (American Antiquity, 66:4, 2001) With this volume, Kuijt and his colleagues have succeeded in bringing fully into the light of academic enquiry the debate about the significance of social and symbolic elements in the Neolithic transformation. Future considerations of this episode that focus exclusively on economic and environmental issues will subsequently fall significantly short of the mark. (Roger Matthews, Institute of Archaeology, University College London; Journal of Anthropological Research, 58, 2002) The editor has brought together a distinguished line-up of regional specialists. There is much here to stimulate thought. (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 9:3)

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