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Presents the argument that Neolithic symbolism, including figurines, decorated pottery, burial rituals as well as other symbols found in archaelogical settlement sites, hold the key to understanding social and economic changes central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Domestication of Society 3. The Domus in the Neolithic of SE Europe 4. Domus and Agrios in SE Europe 5. Dominating Boundaries and Entrances: The Earlier Neolithic in Central Europe 6. Towards a Higher Domain: The Later Neolithic in Central Europe 7. Domes of Rock: The Neolithic in Southern Scandinavia 8. Dames and Axes: Parallel Lines of Development in Northern France 9. Taming the Landscape: Changing Idioms of Power in the Neolithic of Lowland Britain 10. Beginning by Ending References.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/11/1990
      ISBN13: 9780631177692, 978-0631177692
      ISBN10: 0631177698
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      History of art Archaeology Population and demography

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents the argument that Neolithic symbolism, including figurines, decorated pottery, burial rituals as well as other symbols found in archaelogical settlement sites, hold the key to understanding social and economic changes central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Domestication of Society 3. The Domus in the Neolithic of SE Europe 4. Domus and Agrios in SE Europe 5. Dominating Boundaries and Entrances: The Earlier Neolithic in Central Europe 6. Towards a Higher Domain: The Later Neolithic in Central Europe 7. Domes of Rock: The Neolithic in Southern Scandinavia 8. Dames and Axes: Parallel Lines of Development in Northern France 9. Taming the Landscape: Changing Idioms of Power in the Neolithic of Lowland Britain 10. Beginning by Ending References.

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