Organizing Bronze Age Societies: The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandanavia Compared

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
List of Illustrations......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 17
Preface......Page 19
1 Introduction: Theory and Practice in the Late Prehistory of Europe......Page 27
TOWARDS A MULTISCALAR AND INTEGRATIVE THEORY OF SOCIAL ORGANISING......Page 29
MATERIAL THREADS: SPACE, OBJECT, AND LABOUR; BIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY......Page 35
TRANSFORMATIONS IN EUROPEAN PREHISTORY......Page 41
The origins of the family, gender divisions, and mobile property......Page 42
METAL PRODUCTION, LONG-DISTANCE TRADE, AND WARRIOR ARISTOCRACIES......Page 45
South Scandinavia......Page 48
Hungary......Page 50
Sicily......Page 52
A multiscalar research design and methods......Page 55
THE REGIONS......Page 56
INTENSIVE EXCAVATIONS OF HOUSEHOLDS......Page 57
2 The Palaeo-Environments of Bronze Age Europe......Page 60
The Thy region, northwest Denmark......Page 62
TANUM, NORTHERN BOHUSLAN, SWEDEN......Page 66
Palaeosols......Page 69
Palynology......Page 71
THE CHUDDIA VALLEY AND MONTE POLIZZO, WESTERN SICILY......Page 75
THE UPPER TROINA VALLEY......Page 78
DISCUSSION......Page 79
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 82
3 Regional Settlement Patterns......Page 83
SCANDINAVIA......Page 86
THY, DENMARK......Page 87
TANUM, SWEDEN......Page 94
HUNGARY......Page 95
SETTLEMENT PATTERN CHANGE IN THE BENTA VALLEY DURING THE BRONZE AGE......Page 97
SALEMI, SICILY......Page 104
III. Comparative analysis of the cases......Page 108
4 Settlement Structure and Organisation......Page 113
A NEW MODEL – VARIATION IN TIME AND SPACE......Page 114
THE THY REGION IN NORTHERN JUTLAND, DENMARK......Page 121
THE TANUM REGION IN NORTHERN BOHUSLAN, SWEDEN......Page 124
THE BENTA VALLEY, HUNGARY......Page 126
Early Bronze Age (2800–2000 BC)......Page 128
Middle Bronze Age (2000–1500 BC)......Page 131
Late Bronze Age (1500–800 BC)......Page 136
SALEMI, SICILY......Page 140
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CASES......Page 145
NOTE......Page 147
5 Households......Page 148
THE CONCEPT OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS APPLICATION TO STUDIES OF BRONZE AGE SOCIETIES......Page 149
THE BRONZE AGE HOUSEHOLD IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA......Page 153
HOUSEHOLD AT THE BRONZE AGE TELL IN HUNGARY......Page 161
THE EARLY IRON AGE HOUSEHOLD IN SICILY, ITALY......Page 171
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE LATER PREHISTORIC HOUSEHOLD FROM THREE REGIONS......Page 177
NOTES......Page 180
INTRODUCTION......Page 181
Species distribution......Page 182
Bjerre Enge and Legard......Page 185
Tanum......Page 188
Species distribution......Page 190
Surplus production and exchange systems......Page 193
Identified plant remains......Page 196
SICILY – ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL CASE STUDY......Page 199
Species distribution......Page 200
Site methodology......Page 202
Identified plant remains......Page 203
Trade and exchange with vegetable products......Page 204
SUBSISTENCE – CONCLUSIONS......Page 205
7 Technology and Craft......Page 211
CERAMICS......Page 212
CHIPPED AND GROUND STONE......Page 215
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES......Page 217
CERAMICS......Page 218
CHIPPED AND GROUND STONE......Page 222
WORKED BONE, ANTLER, AND TEETH......Page 224
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES......Page 226
CERAMICS......Page 228
CHIPPED AND GROUND STONE......Page 231
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES......Page 232
INVESTMENT IN MATERIAL CULTURE......Page 233
THE ORGANISATION OF PRODUCTION......Page 235
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CRAFTS......Page 239
NOTES......Page 243
LOCAL PRODUCTION AND PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION......Page 244
TRADE AND ALLIANCE NETWORKS......Page 252
The warrior’s house......Page 257
The charioteer’s house......Page 259
The merchant’s house......Page 261
FORGING IDENTITIES: INSTITUTIONS AND MATERIAL CULTURE......Page 262
BRONZE AGE POLITICAL ECONOMIES......Page 269
LONG-TERM TRENDS: BRONZE AGE POWER STRUCTURES AND EMERGING SOCIAL DIVISIONS......Page 275
Appendix 1 Participating Institutions......Page 283
Appendix 2 Doctoral Dissertations Based on the Projects......Page 284
MONTE POLIZZO......Page 285
TANUM......Page 286
THY......Page 287
Bibliography......Page 289
Index......Page 321