Corded ware coastal communities : using ceramic analysis to reconstruct third millennium BC societies in the Netherlands /
The Corded Ware Culture (c. 2900-2300 BC) is found in a large area, from Russia to the Netherlands and from Scandinavia to Switzerland. Supra-regional elements include beakers decorated with cord and/or spatula imprints, battle-axes, and a funerary customs involving crouched inhumations under barrow...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| Language Notes: | Summary in Dutch. |
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | The Corded Ware Culture (c. 2900-2300 BC) is found in a large area, from Russia to the Netherlands and from Scandinavia to Switzerland. Supra-regional elements include beakers decorated with cord and/or spatula imprints, battle-axes, and a funerary customs involving crouched inhumations under barrows with gender-specific placement of the body gender-specific funerary gifts. It is argued in this study that the Corded Ware Culture represents an economic alliance, a dynamic totality as well as a network linking regional groups each with a distinct economic base, material culture and ideology. These communities all participated in a vast supra-regional network that was a platform for inter-community exchanges of goods, skills, ideas and possibly people. Affiliation to this supra-regional network was a vital aspect for all regional groups involved, and membership to it was expressed by using a set of common traits. Decorated thin-walled beakers act as symbols of these supra-regional networks and thus embody both functional and ideological roles. |
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| Physical Description: | 311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267). |
| ISBN: | 9789088903182 9088903182 |