The early Neolithic site of Vrable (5250-4950 cal BCE) is among the largest LBK settlement agglomerations in Central Europe, and exceptional within the southwest Slovakian area. Geophysical surveys revealed more than 300 houses, grouped into three contemporary neighbourhoods, one of which is delineated by a complex ditched enclosure system. This enclosure is associated with a large number of human remains, which reveal new patterns of burial and deposition practices. This volume presents the first part of the results of an international research project that was started in 2012 and aims to explore the social implications of settlement concentration in the context of early farming communities, on the background of subsistence patterns and landscape use.

This is the first volume of "Archaeology in the Zitava valley", and it presents the finds, features and data uncovered and synthesised from our archaeological, pedological, geophysical, archaeobotanical, anthropological, zoo-archaeological and stable isotope studies on the site of Vrable "Velke Lehemby" and "Farske" in southwest Slovakia. These data are used to reconstruct the social and economic patterns and social processes, highlighting a growing tension between incentives of cooperation and sharing vs. monopolisation of resources and individual interests, driving the 300-year history of this site until its total abandonment. While the history of Vrable is unique, it holds clues for a better understanding of the overall, central European phenomenon of large, enclosed settlements of the later LBK, their association with rituals and violence involving human bodies, and the end of the LBK social world.

Contents

1. Research at the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Ivan Cheben, Martin Furholt

2. Scientific analyses at Vrable

2.1 Large scale magnetic prospections at Vrable "Velke Lehemby" and "Farske"
Knut Rassmann, Kay Winkelmann, Wolfgang Rabbel, Martin Furholt

2.2 Extending archaeological documentation from 2D to 3D: The benefits of geophysical on-site measurements in excavations
Natalie Pickartz, Erica Corradini, Raphael Kahn, Diana Panning, Knut Rassmann, Nils Muller-Schee?el, Martin Furholt, Dennis Wilken, Tina Wunderlich, Wolfgang Rabbel

2.3 Geoarchaeology at Neolithic Vrable, Slovakia - New insights into early environmental impact from soils and sediments
Stefan Dreibrodt, Hans-Rudolf Bork

3. Settlement features and human burials

3.1. Built structures at the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Ivan Cheben, Martin Furholt, Nils Muller-Schee?el

3.2. The burials and human remains from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Nils Muller-Schee?el, Zuzana Hukelova

4. Chronology

4.1. Typochronology of the pottery from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Ivan Cheben, Alena Bistakova, Martin Furholt, Bastian Wolthoff, Wiebke Mainusch, Nils Muller-Schee?el

4.2 Radiocarbon dating at the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
John Meadows

5. Material Culture, plants and animal data

5.1 The pottery and ornamentic styles from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Ivan, Cheben, Alena Bistakova

5.2 Stone tools from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Michael Cheben, Nils Muller-Schee?el

5.3 Bone tools from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Rebekka Eckelmann

5.4 Animal bones from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Ulrich Schmolcke, Rebekka Eckelmann

5.5 Archaeobotanical remains from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Dragana Filipovic, Helmut Kroll, Wiebke Kirleis

5.6 Anthracological remains from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Tim Schroedter

5.7 Snail Shells from the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Frank Schlutz

5.8 Stable isotopic perspectives of animal and human diet at the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Rosalind E. Gillis, Cheryl A. Makarewicz

6. Synthesis: Demography, economy and social organisation at the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable

6.1 Demography of the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable and the Zitava valley
Johannes Muller, Maria Wunderlich, Ivan Cheben, Alena Bistakova, Nils Muller-Schee?el, Martin Furholt

6.2 Subsistence economy of the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Martin Furholt, Dragana Filipovic, Ulrich Schmolcke, Rebekka Eckelmann

6.3 A political economy of the LBK and Zeliezovce settlement site of Vrable
Maria Wunderlich, Martin Furholt, Johannes Muller, Ivan Cheben, Alena Bistakova, Nils Muller-Schee?el

Taal: eng
Aantal pagina's: 350
Verschijningsdatum: 08-01-2021