The importance of games in archaic societies. Alternative interpretation of Late Neolithic circle enclosures

0347275 - ARÚ 2011 NL eng A - Abstrakt
Květina, Petr - Květinová, Sylvie - Řídký, Jaroslav
The importance of games in archaic societies. Alternative interpretation of Late Neolithic circle enclosures.
16th Annual Meeting. The European Association of Archaeologists 1st - 5th September 2010. The Hague - The Netherlands. Haag: EAA, 2010 - (Willems, W.). s. 114
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /16./. 01.09.2010-05.09.2010, Haag]
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Klíčová slova: Neolithic * games * rondels
Kód oboru RIV: AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie

The topic of this paper is games, which are understood to be an important social phenomenon that has accompanied man for many ages. Based on ethnographic and historical studies, it can be claimed that the phenomenon of playing games is a near anthropological constant. In preliterate societies, however, games were not just a leisure activity, but were closely linked to the spiritual sphere – either directly with religion or with the area of social interaction (prestige, authority, war, etc.). This article is based on a hypothetical interpretation of Late Neolithic circle enclosures (rondels) from the Central Europe as an enclosed area for playing games. Even though there is no direct evidence of games for the older period of European prehistory, it is possible that some archaeological facts can be interpreted as evidence of games.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0006017