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The Origins of Transhumant Pastoralism in Temperate Southeastern Europe: A zooarchaeological perspective from the Central Balkans
Elizabeth R. Arnold and Haskel J. Greenfield
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This book addresses the issue of the temporal origins of transhumant pastoralism in temperate southeastern Europe (northern half of the Balkan Peninsula). In recent years, several hypotheses have been suggested to explain when and why transhumant pastoralism with domestic animals appeared across the southern Mediterranean. Each hypothesis proposes a different point in time when transhumance would appear, ranging from the appearance of the earliest domestic animals (advent of the Early Neolithic), to the appearance of secondary product exploitation (advent of the Post Neolithic), and to the appearance of complex societies (advent of the Iron Age). The hypotheses are tested by examining the tooth remains from three domestic animal taxa (Ovis/Capra, Bos taurus and Sus scrofa) from archaeological sites in the central part of the northern Balkans (also known as the Central Balkans). Data from eleven sites in the region, with statistically sufficient samples and spanning the period from the Early Neolithic through to the Early Iron Age, were tabulated to test the hypotheses.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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BOOK JUSTIFICATION
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ABSTRACT
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CHAPTER SUMMARY
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FOREWORD
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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LIST OF APPENDICES
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2: TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISM: SOME ETHNOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS
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CHAPTER 3: PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON ORIGINS OF TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISM IN PREHISTORIC SOUTHERN EUROPE
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CHAPTER 4: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT
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CHAPTER 5: EVIDENCE FOR SETTLEMENT, SEDENTISM AND MOBILITY IN CENTRAL BALKAN CULTURE HISTORY
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CHAPTER 6: METHODOLOGY
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CHAPTER 7: DESCRIPTION OF SITES, TIME PERIODS, AND NATURE OF SAMPLES
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CHAPTER 8: THE IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSHUMANT PASTORALISM THROUGH HARVEST PROFILE AND CEMENTUM ANALYSES
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CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSIONS
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REFERENCES CITED
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APPENDIX A
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APPENDIX B
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APPENDIX C
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APPENDIX D
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APPENDIX E
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Published: 2006
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841719702 (paperback)
- 9781407329949 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1538