scholarly journals Theory into practice: basic connections and stylistic affiliations of the Late Neolithic settlement at Pusztataskony-Ledence 1

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-178
Author(s):  
Katalin Sebők ◽  
Norbert Faragó
Keyword(s):  
Ceramic Material ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Population Movement ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Resource Analysis ◽  
Symbolic Communication ◽  
First Results ◽  
Cultural Traits

Despite being positioned in the western fringes of the Tisza culture’s occupation area, the Late Neolithic settlement at Pusztataskony-Ledence 1 is seemingly well separated from the communities of the Lengyel complex. The character of its archaeological record however, together with recent results in the research of connections between the two cultural complexes raises the possibility of an amalgamation of these traditions at some point. In 2016, a grant of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office allowed us to start a threeyear-long project, aimed to process the data gained at Pusztataskony over three seasons in order to reveal foreign cognitive elements in the archaeological record of the site other than the ones observed in the burials. To match possible population movement with the appearance of Lengyel type cultural traits and understand the situation observed here classical archaeological and bioarchaeological analyses had been carried out. The current study surveys the first results of the investigations focusing on the archaeological record from one of the house clusters in the settlement. The examinations include a basic typological and resource analysis of the lithics and a stylistic analysis of the ceramic material. The interpretation focuses on the site’s contact system as outlined by the archaeological record, on the ceramic inventory as a medium of everyday symbolic communication here, as well as on our recent understanding of the character of contacts between the Tisza and Lengyel populations in the Middle and Upper Tisza Region.

scholarly journals Genome diversity in the Neolithic Globular Amphorae culture and the spread of Indo-European languages

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1867) ◽  
pp. 20171540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Tassi ◽  
Stefania Vai ◽  
Silvia Ghirotto ◽  
Martina Lari ◽  
Alessandra Modi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Approximate Bayesian Computation ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Genome Diversity ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Demographic Models ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Complete Sequences ◽  
Approximate Bayesian

It is unclear whether Indo-European languages in Europe spread from the Pontic steppes in the late Neolithic, or from Anatolia in the Early Neolithic. Under the former hypothesis, people of the Globular Amphorae culture (GAC) would be descended from Eastern ancestors, likely representing the Yamnaya culture. However, nuclear (six individuals typed for 597 573 SNPs) and mitochondrial (11 complete sequences) DNA from the GAC appear closer to those of earlier Neolithic groups than to the DNA of all other populations related to the Pontic steppe migration. Explicit comparisons of alternative demographic models via approximate Bayesian computation confirmed this pattern. These results are not in contrast to Late Neolithic gene flow from the Pontic steppes into Central Europe. However, they add nuance to this model, showing that the eastern affinities of the GAC in the archaeological record reflect cultural influences from other groups from the East, rather than the movement of people.

scholarly journals Late Neolithic and Late Bronze Age lithic assemblages associated with a cairn and other prehistoric features at Stoneyhill Farm, Longhaven, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, 2002-03

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben Ballin ◽  
Ian Suddaby ◽  
M Cressey ◽  
M Hastie ◽  
A Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Lithic Technology ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
Late Bronze Age ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Lithic Assemblage ◽  
Lithic Assemblages

Prehistoric remains were recorded by CFA Archaeology Ltd (CFA) in 2002-03 during a programme of fieldwork at the landfill site within the boundaries of Stoneyhill Farm, which lies 7km to the southwest of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. These included a clearance cairn with a Late Bronze Age lithic assemblage and a burial cairn, with Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age lithics and Beaker ceramics. Other lithic scatters of similar date had no certain associations, although pits containing near-contemporary Impressed Wares were nearby. Additional lithic assemblages included material dated to the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. What may be proto-Unstan Wares in an isolated pit were associated with radiocarbon dates (barley) of the first half of the fourth millennium bc. These findings represent a substantial addition to the local area's archaeological record and form an important contribution to the understanding of lithic technology and ceramics in earlier prehistoric Scotland.This paper is dedicated to the memory of Ian Shepherd, whose site visits enlightened this and other projects undertaken by one of the authors (IS).

scholarly journals Preliminary Report on the first season of fieldwork in Berettyóújfalu-Szilhalom

2015 ◽  
pp. 377-403
Author(s):  
Daniel Neumann ◽  
Zsuzsa Siklósi ◽  
Roman Scholz ◽  
Márton Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Copper Age ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Frankfurt Am Main ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
First Results ◽  
Archaeological Sciences ◽  
Detailed Picture

This study aims to present the first results of fieldwork conducted by the teams of the Römisch-Germanische Kommission (Frankfurt am Main) and the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) in the scope of a joint project. The investigated tell site, Berettyóújfalu-Szilhalom is well known by prehistoric archaeology due to earlier excavations. The main goals of the project were to gain a better understanding of Late Neolithic tell formation processes, to investigate the relations of a tell and its adjacent horizontal settlement and to get a more detailed picture on the Late Neolithic–Early Copper Age transition. Therefore we re-opened the refilled trench of the excavation carried out in 1976, collected bone, soil and micromorphological samples for further examinations, performed geomagnetic prospections, made drillings and field surveys.

scholarly journals Things we lost in the fire: The case of the “beautiful” vessel

Starinar ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Marija Svilar
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Building Structure ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

From the earliest excavations on the territory of the central Balkans and up to today, Late Neolithic pottery assemblages have remained one of the most important contributors to our knowledge of the past. To a certain extent, the burned Late Neolithic horizons left a great number of the architectural details preserved in the archaeological record, along with various artefacts, of which pottery makes up the largest part. However, due to the fact that the majority of pottery vessels and sherds were subjected to temperatures that were higher than those they were initially fired in the manufacturing process, decoration makes up a minority of the archaeological record of the central Balkans and, unfortunately, we usually deal with plain assemblages. Therefore, it is not surprising that the discovery of one vessel that has a small preserved portion of applied painted decoration, unearthed from a burned building structure in the latest horizon at the site of Plocnik, introduced a whole new set of questions. Importantly, this instance further emphasises that when deconstructing prehistoric paradigms, our interpretation sometimes must go beyond observation.

scholarly journals A tentative attempt to estimate the systemic number of the Late Neolithic Vinča culture figurines

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 729-741
Author(s):  
Marko Porčić
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Procedure ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Generation Length ◽  
Starting Point

In this paper an attempt is made to estimate the number of figurines which were in "use" in households of the Late Neolithic Vin!a culture. The number of accumulated figurines and houses is used as a starting point. Given the complexities of the settlement dynamic, figurine use and the formation processes of the archaeological record, the ratio of the number of accumulated of figurines to the number of accumulated houses is only an indirect reflection of the systemic number of figurines. Different figurine use scenarios are evaluated in order to see what the result would be. Keeping in mind that the entire analytical procedure is highly speculative and the range of tested models is far from exhaustive, the results suggest that scenarios resting on the assumption that there was a single figurine per household and that the average use-life of the figurine was equal to the average human generation length predict outcomes that are comparable to the actual archaeological situation.

The Aksumite site of Wakarida in the region of Tigrai, Ethiopia: first results of archaeological investigations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Gajda ◽  
Julien Charbonnier ◽  
Xavier Peixoto
Keyword(s):  
Ceramic Material ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Geophysical Survey ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Small City ◽  
Afar Depression ◽  
First Results ◽  
Eastern Edge ◽  
Fine Ceramics

The site of Wakarida is situated near the eastern edge of the Tigray plateau, dominating the Afar depression. The study on the site has started in 2011 with a short archaeological and geophysical survey. During the three campaigns of excavations between 2012 and in 2013, carried out in two areas, the archaeologists unearthed typically Aksumite buildings accompanied by abundant ceramic material, with a significant proportion of fine ceramics. The buildings have been dated between the 3rd and the 6th century AD, period confirmed by C14 analyses. In several places, the remains of walls visible on surface and pottery shards testify to the existence of other ancient structures. The site of Wakarida, covering some 9 ha, was probably a small city or a village during the Aksumite period. The survey of its region has enabled to study the landscape, mostly shaped by man, and to discover other archaeological sites, two of which are comparable in size to Wakarida.

Yankeetown, Duffy, or Duffytown?: An Examination of Ceramic Variability in the Lower Ohio Valley

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-317
Author(s):  
Brian G. Redmond
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Ceramic Material ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Core Area ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Ohio Valley

A recent stylistic analysis of ceramic material from the Yankeetown site (12-W-1) of southwestern Indiana has revealed a greater diversity of decorative elements than that indicated by previous descriptions of Yankeetown Phase pottery. The analysis revealed a particularly high frequency of bar stamped rim sherds that were similar to Duffy Complex ceramics from southeastern Illinois. The results of the analysis were compared with Winters's (1967) typological description of “Duffy Decorated” ceramics and revealed a number of close affinities between Yankeetown and Duffy material culture. Furthermore, the presence of diagnostic Yankeetown Incised and Fillet ceramics on sites within the Duffy “core” area as well as apparent similarities in settlement configurations suggest that these two complexes are in fact one in the same cultural-historical unit.

scholarly journals A Ritual Feature with Bell Beaker Elements in a Late Neolithic Hunter-Gatherer Campsite in North-Eastern Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Dariusz Manasterski ◽  
Katarzyna Januszek ◽  
Adam Wawrusiewicz ◽  
Aleksandra Klecha
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Western Group ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Bell Beaker ◽  
The Bronze Age

The ephemeral nature of religious practices and rituals makes them challenging to trace in the archaeological record of Late Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities in central and eastern Europe. A ritual feature with Bell Beaker elements discovered in north-eastern Poland, a region occupied by hunter-gatherer groups of the Neman cultural circle, is thus exceptional. Its syncretic character indicates its role as a harbinger of wider cultural change that led to the emergence in this region of the western group of the Bronze Age Trzciniec cultural circle.

scholarly journals On the possibilities of interpreting Neolithic pottery

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-42
Author(s):  
Katalin Sebők
Keyword(s):  
Ceramic Material ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Logical System ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Theoretical Structure ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Neolithic Pottery

The task of processing the multi-traditional ceramic material of the Late Neolithic settlement at Polgár-Csőszhalom-dűlő prenecessitated the development of a comprehensive approach by which all kinds of available information that may be detected in a ceramic object or in its find context are utilized and integrated into a closed, unbroken logical system interlinking objects and culture. This paper surveys the main topics and aspects of this theoretical structure, summarizing the author’s current understanding on the possible roles and functions of Neolithic pottery.

scholarly journals 2. Funerary Treatment of Immature Deceased in Neolithic Collective Burial Sites in France. Were Children Buried with Adults?

AmS-Skrifter ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Melie Le Roy ◽  
Stéphane Rottier ◽  
Frédéric Santos ◽  
Anne-Marie Tillier
Keyword(s):  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Age At Death ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Southern France ◽  
Burial Practices ◽  
First Results ◽  
Funerary Treatment ◽  
Cultural Choices

In France, collective burial sites of the Late Neolithic period (3600-2100 BC) include a variety of structures ranging from simple pits and natural caves to hypogea and megalithic structures. The management of these graves raises questions about their representativeness and about burial practices involving non-adult individuals. This study of funerary selection based on age-at-death compares the results obtained for different sites and offers several potential interpretations concerning the integration of immature individuals in these collective tombs based on their age. The study highlights a particular selection observed in various funerary structures and a chronological difference between northern and southern France. These first results lead to a discussion of distinct cultural choices among different geographical areas.

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