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Neolithic Mortuary Practices in Greece
Kent D. Fowler
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This volumes applies the theory and methods developed in the study of mortuary remains by Americanist archaeologists to the earliest farming societies of continental Europe—those of modern-day mainland Greece. Historically, such research has predominantly focused on seeking out the social dimensions of life that influenced mortuary behaviour. The author explores the origins of social ranking during the Neolithic and goes on to consider how death is wrapped up in so much more than the social standing of the deceased, and seeing how archaeologists may be able to detect the many dimensions of life influencing the disposal of the dead.
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Cover Page
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Copyright Page
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Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Preface
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2: MONITORING MORTUARY RITUAL
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2.1 MORTUARY VARIABILITY
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2.2 THE HERTZIAN TRIANGLE
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2.3 SUMMARY
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CHAPTER 3: EARLY AND MIDDLE NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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3.1 EARLY AND MIDDLE NEOLITHICCULTURE-HISTORY
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3.2 PROSYMNA
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3.3 EARLY AND MIDDLE NEOLITHIC FRANCHTHI CAVE
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3.4 SOUPHLI MAGOULA
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3.5 NEA NIKOMEDIA
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3.6 TRENDS IN EARLY AND MIDDLE NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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CHAPTER 4: LATE NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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4.1 LATE NEOLITHIC CULTURE-HISTORY
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4.2 THARROUNIA
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4.3 PLATEIA MAGOULA ZARKOU
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4.4 OTHER LATE
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4.5 TRENDS IN LATE NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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4.6 CONCLUSIONS
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CHAPTER 5: FINAL NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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5.1 FINAL NEOLITHIC CULTURE-HISTORY
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5.2 DIROS: ALEOPOTRYPA CAVE
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5.3 FRANCHTHI CAVE
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5.4 THARROUNIA
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5.5 KEPHALA
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5.6 OTHER FINAL NEOLITHIC MORTUARY REMAINS
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5.7 TRENDS IN FINAL NEOLITHIC MORTUARY PRACTICES
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5.8 NOTES
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CHAPTER 6: TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS
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6.1 INTRODUCTION
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6.2 DIVERSITY OF MORTUARY PRACTICES
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6.3 VISIBILITY OF THE DEAD
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6.4 RITUAL COMPLEXITY
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6.5 IDEOLOGICAL ORGANISATION
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6.6 SOCIAL DIFFERENTIATION ANDINEQUALITY
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6.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS
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REFERENCES CITED
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Published: 2004
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841716633 (paperback)
- 9781407327402 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1314
- Ritual / Religion / Temples
- Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy
- Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
- Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs
- Greece, Aegean, Crete and Black Sea
- Ceramics and Pottery Studies
- Neolithic / Chalcolithic
- Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
- Lithics / Stone Tools