Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe Sedentism, Architecture and P
The Neolithic period sees the transformation from hunter-gatherer societies to farming groups, practising agriculture, domestication and sedentism. This lifestyle spread gradually from the Near East into Europe, and archaeologists have long focused on obs
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Daniela Hofmann Jessica Smyth Editors
Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe Sedentism, Architecture, and Practice
One World Archaeology
Series Editors: Heather Burke, Flinders University of South Australia, Australia Gustavo Politis, Universidad Nacionaldel Centro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gabriel Cooney, University College, Dublin, Ireland
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Daniela Hofmann · Jessica Smyth Editors
Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe Sedentism, Architecture and Practice
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Editors Daniela Hofmann School of History, Archaeology and Religion Cardiff University Cardiff United Kingdom
Jessica Smyth School of Chemistry University of Bristol Bristol United Kingdom
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Contents
1 Introduction: Dwelling, Materials, Cosmology—Transforming Houses in the Neolithic............................................................................... 1 Daniela Hofmann and Jessica Smyth 2 Houses and Households: a Near Eastern Perspective...................
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