Archaeology of Neolithic and Eneolithic in Europe and Asia

The course introduces various aspects of the concept of the Neolithic, focusing primarily on the domestication of plants and animals and the genesis of a specific assemblage of plants, animals, institutions, material culture, and social and ritual practices that define the Neolithic. It explains the chronological and geographical context of domestication, the paleoenvironmental background of the process, the active role of hunter-gatherer communities in this transformation, the concept of domestication, and the processes involved in domesticating plants and animals. Furthermore, it examines different aspects of this process through changes in material culture, settlement patterns, demographic shifts, and the invention of new institutions, social structures, and ritual practices. The subject also explores the spread of the Neolithic package from its core region in Southwest Asia, particularly into Europe, highlighting specific cultural and regional transformations that were part of this expansion. Lastly, it explains the process of intensification of Neolithic production and the cultural and historical consequences of this development.

Watkins, T.2024. Becoming Neolithic: The Pivot of Human History. Routledge, London and New York. COBISS ID=231202051
Harris, D. R. 1989 (ur.). Foraging and farming: the evolution of plant exploitation. Unwin Hyman, London, izbrana poglavja, 40. str. COBISS.SI-ID - 6766599
Croucher K. 2012. Death and Dying in the Neolithic Near East. Oxford University Press. Oxford, 50 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 51161442
Fowler C., Harding J. and Hofmann D. (eds.), 2015. The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe. Oxford University Press. Oxford, izbrana poglavja, 60 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 57363298
Hodder I. (ed.). 2010. Religion in the Emergence of Civilization. Çatalhöyük as a Case Study. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, izbrana poglavja, 50 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 44975714
Colledge S., Conolly J., Dobney K., Manning K., Shennan S. 2013. Origins and Spread of Domestic Animals in Southwest Asia and Europe. Left Coast Press. Walnut Creek, izbrana poglavja 40 str. e-dostop: https://research.ebsco.com/c/fjqd3n/search/details/dpvgvfhb2r?db=e000xww
Price, T. D. in O. Bar-Yosef 2011. The Origins of Agriculture: New Data, New Ideas. Current Anthropology 52(S4). e-dostop: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/659964
Zeder M., A. 2024. Out of the Shadows: Reestablishing the Eastern Fertile Crescent as a Center of Agricultural Origins, Parts 1 in 2.Journal of Archaeological Research 33, 1--56. e-dostop: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10814-024-09195-5 in e-dostop https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10814-024-09198-2?fromPaywal…
Bogaard, A. et al. 2021. Reconsidering domestication from a process archaeology perspective. World archaeology 53(1), 56--77. e-dostop: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00438243.2021.1954990?needA…

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