Archaeologies of waste. Encounters with the unwanted

0467003 - ARÚ 2017 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Květina, Petr - Řídký, Jaroslav
Neolithic settlement space: waste, deposition and identity.
Archaeologies of waste. Encounters with the unwanted. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2017 - (Sosna, D.; Brunclíková, L.), s. 127-144. ISBN 978-1-78570-327-0
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA14-07062S; GA ČR GA15-16963S
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : Neolithic * formation processes * settlement refuse management
OECD category: Archaeology

This paper presents a concept of the evolution of Neolithic settlements in Central Europe based on the results of studies of their residential refuse and of the processes that constituted the formation of the archaeological material. This period is associated here with the oldest agricultural societies in Central and also part of Western Europe (5500 - 4400 cal BC). Knowledge of the material culture of this Neolithic stage in this area of study is derived primarily from the archaeological remains of settlements. They originally included a varying numbers of longhouses constructed of wooden poles with walls of wattle and daub. All that has remained of these structures, however, are the post holes, the foundation trenches and the pits in their vicinity. The archaeological findings based on which the vast majority of the information and its subsequent interpretation originates, are accumulated in these pits and bear the characteristics of residential refuse. Traditionally the direct link between the activities taking place in the dwelling and the archaeological findings from the pits in the vicinity of the house is assumed.
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