Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece

Published by Berghahn Books 2018

Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece

Edited by: Apostolos Sarris , Evita Kalogiropoulou , Tuna Kalayci and Evagelia Karimali

Volume 20 in the series International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789201468

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The last three decades have witnessed a period of growing archaeological activity in Greece that have enhanced our awareness of the diversity and variability of ancient communities. New sites offer rich datasets from many aspects of material culture that challenge traditional perceptions and suggest complex interpretations of the past. This volume provides a synthetic overview of recent developments in the study of Neolithic Greece and reconsiders the dynamics of human-environment interactions while recording the growing diversity in layers of social organization. It fills an essential lacuna in contemporary literature and enhances our understanding of the Neolithic communities in the Greek Peninsula.

Author / Editor information

Apostolos Sarris is a Professor of "Sylvia Ioannou" Chair for Digital Humanities at the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU) of the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus. He is also a Director of Research at the GeoSat Research Lab of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) and Research Associate of the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago. He has organized and participated in more than 240 geophysical/satellite remote sensing/GIS projects in Greece, U.S.A, Cyprus, Hungary, Germany, Albania, Italy, Turkey and Egypt and he participated in 106 Greek and International/European large-scale research projects.

Evita Kalogiropoulou is a Senior Researcher, the Principal Investigator of the research projects BONDS, 'Beyond Oikos: οutdoor spaces, daily life and sociality in Neolithic Greece', hosted at the University of Crete and funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation. She was an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Thessaly, a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Aristotle University of the Thessaloniki and the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) and a Research Associate of the McBurns Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Her research lays on the materiality of cooking practices, the formation of social identities and community-scale social developments.

Tuna Kalayci is an assistant professor at the Department of Archaeological Sciences, Leiden University. Before joining Leiden University, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at the ISPC-CNR (Italy) and Durham University (UK). His interests include sensor data integration, urban studies, environmental modelling, production landscapes, and landscapes of movement within Near Eastern and Mediterranean contexts. His research tacks between data science and archaeology.

Evagelia Karimali is a prehistoric archaeologist (Ph.D. Boston University), with specialization at lithic technology. She has been an external researcher at FORTH. She has studied and published several articles on Aegean and Mediterranean lithic collections (Platia Magoula Zarkou, Orgozinos, Pefkakia and other Neolithic Thessalian sites; Paximadi Peninsula, Euboea; Halai, Lokris).

Apostolos Sarris is a Professor of "Sylvia Ioannou" Chair for Digital Humanities at the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU) of the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of Cyprus. He is also a Director of Research at the GeoSat Research Lab of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) and Research Associate of the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago. He has organized and participated in more than 240 geophysical/satellite remote sensing/GIS projects in Greece, U.S.A, Cyprus, Hungary, Germany, Albania, Italy, Turkey and Egypt and he participated in 106 Greek and International/European large-scale research projects.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Introduction
- 1 - Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction: An Introduction Evita Kalogiropoulou and Apostolos Sarris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Communities, Social Spaces, and Dimensions of Neolithic Lifeways (and Death)
- 2 - The Transition from the Mesolithic to the Neolithic in a Circum-Aegean Perspective: Concepts and Narratives Agathe Reingruber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
- 3 - Opening a New Frontier in the Study of Neolithic Settlement Patterns of Eastern Thessaly, Greece Apostolos Sarris, Tuna Kalayci, François-Xavier Simon, Jamieson Donati, Carmen Cuenca García, Meropi Manataki, Gianluca Cantoro, Ian Moffat, Evita Kalogiropoulou, Georgia Karampatsou, Kayt Armstrong, Nassos Argyriou, Sylviane Dederix, Cristina Manzetti, Nikos Nikas, Konstantinos Vouzaxakis, Vasso Rondiri, Polyxeni Arachoviti, Kalliopi Almatzi, Despina Efstathiou and Evangelia Stamelou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
- 4 - A Road to Variation: Diversity Among Neolithic Settlements in Central Macedonia, Greece Maria Pappa, Stratos Nanoglou and Melina Efthymiadou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
- 5 – An Investigation of Neolithic Settlement Pattern and Plant Exploitation at Dikili Tash: Reconsidering Old and New Data from the Late 5th Millennium B.C. Settlement Dimitra Malamidou, Maria Ntinou, Soultana-Maria Valamoti, Zoï Tsirtsoni, Haïdo Koukouli-Chryssanthaki and Pascal Darcque Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
- 6 - Koutroulou Magoula in Phthiotida, Central Greece: A Middle Neolithic Tell Site in Context Yannis Hamilakis, Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika, Thomas Loughlin, Tristan Carter, James Cole, Yorgos Facorellis, Stella Katsarou, Aggeliki Kaznesi, Areti Pentedeka, Vasileios Tsamis and Nicolas Zorzin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
- 7 - The Environment and Interactions of Neolithic Halai John E. Coleman, Evangelia Karimali, Lilian Karali, Melanie Fillios, Charlotte Diffey, Petra Vaiglova, Amy Bogaard, Jayme Joos and Effie Angeli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
- 8 - Diros in Context: Alepotrypa Cave and Ksagounaki Promontory in the Neolithic Period William A. Parkinson, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael L. Galaty, Daniel J. Pullen, Panagiotis Karkanas and Giorgos Papathanassopoulos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
- 9 - Visviki Magoula Revisited: Comparing Past Excavations’ Data to Recent Geophysical Research Eva Alram-Stern, Apostolos Sarris, Konstantinos Vouzaxakis, Kalliopi Almatzi, Polyxeni Arachoviti, Vasso Rondiri, Despina Efstathiou, Evangelia Stamelou, Carmen Cuenca García, Tuna Kalayci, François-Xavier Simon, Gianluca Cantoro, Jamieson Donati and Meropi Manataki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
- 10 - Kouphovouno (Lakonia): Some Thoughts about the Settlement Pattern at the end of the Middle Neolithic Josette Renard and William Cavanagh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
- 11 - Pictures of Home: Regional Perspectives into the Neolithic Building Technology of Northern Greece Dimitris Kloukinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
- 12 - Community Interaction and (Intended) Land Use in Neolithic Greece: The Testimony of the Defensive Architecture Tomáš Alušík Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
- 13 - Fluid Landscapes, Bonded People? The Role of Burial Areas as Places for Interaction, Exchange, and Deposition during the Final Neolithic Period in Central and Southern Greece Katerina Psimogiannou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part IΙ: Landscape Dynamics and Subsistence Strategies
- 14 - Islands Out of the Mainstream: Landscapes of Action, Settlements, and Social Identities in the Neolithic Aegean Evita Kalogiropoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
- 15 - Cycladic or Mainland? The Prehistoric Landscapes of Southern Euboea Žarko Tankosić and Markos Katsianis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
- 16 - Human–Landscape Interaction in Neolithic Kephalonia, Western Greece: The Dynamic Role of Drakaina Cave within an Insular Environment Georgia Stratouli and Odysseas Metaxas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
- 17 - Submerged Neolithic Landscapes off Franchthi Cave: The Measurements from the Terra Submersa Expedition and their Implications Julien Beck, Dimitris Sakellariou and Despina Koutsoumba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
- 18 - Humans, Animals, and the Landscape in Neolithic Koutroulou Magoula, Central Greece: An Approach through Micromorphology and Plant Remains in Dung Georgia Koromila, Panagiotis Karkanas, Georgia Kotzamani, Kerry Harris, Yannis Hamilakis and Nina Kyparissi-Apostolika Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
- 19 - Farming Strategies at Kouphovouno, Lakonia, in the MN–LN Periods William Cavanagh, Josette Renard, Amy Bogaard, Armelle Gardeisen, Jean Cantuel, Petra Vaiglova and Charlotte Diffey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
- 20 - Animal Husbandry and the Use of Space in the Greek Sector of the Late Neolithic Settlement of Promachon-Topolnica George Kazantzis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
Part ΙII: Interactions and Material Perspectives
- 21 - Social Interaction in the Farming Communities of Neolithic Greece: Archaeological Perceptions Nikos Efstratiou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
- 22 - Patterns in Contemporaneous Ceramic Traditions: Interregional Relations between Thessaly and Macedonia during the Early and Middle Neolithic Dushka Urem-Kotsou, Anastasia Dimoula, Gazmend Elezi, Trisevgeni Papadakou, Anna Papaioannou, Niki Saridaki, Ioanna Siamidou, Teresa Silva, Eirini Tzemopoulou and Kostas Kotsakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	324
- 23 - Pottery Exchange Networks Under the Microscope: The Case of Neolithic Thessaly Areti Pentedeka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
- 24 - The Discovery of Painted Pottery in Caves: An Interpretation in the Case of Sarakenos Cave (Kopais, Boeotia) Vagia Mastrogiannopoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
- 25 - Thoughts on the Preliminary Study of Early Neolithic Decorated Pottery from the Central Origma at Mavropigi-Filotsairi Lily A. Bonga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	374
- 26 - Emergent Networks and Sociocultural Change in Final Neolithic Southern Greece David Michael Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
- 27 - Ritual and Interaction During the Final Neolithic Period: The Example of Aegina-Kolonna Eva Alram-Stern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
- 28 - Making Choices in a Neolithic Landscape: Raw Materials and Ground Stone Technology in Neolithic Avgi, Northwestern Greece Tasos Bekiaris, Christos Stergiou and Stella Theodoridou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	415
- 29 - Chipped Stone Aspects of the Interaction among Neolithic Communities of Northern Greece Odysseas Kakavakis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	434
- 30 - Casting a Wide Network: Preliminary Results from the Early Neolithic Chipped Stone Assemblages from Revenia, Pieria (Greece) Lilian Dogiama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	446
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Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 512
Keywords: Archaeology; Neolithic; Greece; Prehistory

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Published: August 17, 2018
ISBN: 9781789201468