Format:
1 online resource (137 pages)
ISBN:
9789088901119
Content:
As early as the 19th century discoveries of groups of large axes puzzled those confronted with them. The fact that most were found in waterlogged places increased the speculation as to the nature of the deposits. This thesis is concerned with the character and significance of TRB flint axe depositions. The first part is mainly concerned with the question of selective deposition and how it was structured. By means of metrical, spatial and functional analysis, patterns are explored that can shed light on the actions performed by people in the past. The second part deals with the meaning and significance of TRB flint axe depositions. Why did people in the past do the things they did, how were these actions meaningful and important? Using sociological theory and ethnographic evidence an interpretation is presented based on the empirically observed patterns.
Content:
Intro -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Spatial and chronological framework -- 1.3 Past research -- 1.4 Research questions -- 1.5 Methodology -- 1.5.1 Database -- 1.5.2 Functional analysis -- 1.5.3 Spatial analysis -- 2 Theory and Interpretational Framework -- 2.1 The distinction between ritual and profane -- 2.2 Reconstructing structures -- 2.3 Isolating patterns -- 2.3.1 Pattern disturbing processes -- 2.3.2 Minimizing pattern disturbance -- 2.4 Interpreting patterns -- 3 The Funnelbeaker Culture -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The early Neolithic of the north-west European plain -- 3.2.1 Neolithisation -- 3.2.2 The rise of the Funnelbeaker Culture -- 3.2.3 Colonization or acculturation -- the Dutch Funnelbeaker Culture -- 3.3 Settlement patterns and ecology -- 3.3.1 Crop-cultivation as a technology -- 3.3.2 Settlement location and farming strategy -- 3.4 TRB funerary traditions -- 3.4.1 Introduction -- 3.4.2 Megalithic tombs -- 3.4.3 Non-megalithic graves -- 3.5 Routes of exchange -- 3.5.1 Axes -- 3.5.2 Other links between the north- and west-group -- 3.5.3 TRB roads -- 3.6 TRB rituals -- 3.6.1 Introduction -- 3.6.2 Depositions -- 3.6.3 Causewayed enclosures -- 3.6.4 Tombs, enclosures and natural places -- 4 On the Physical Attributes of Flint Axes -- 4.1 Typology and chronology -- 4.2 General metrical observations -- 4.3 TRB axes -- 4.3.1 Grave contexts -- 4.3.2 Wet context finds -- 4.4 Craftsmanship -- 5 Functional Analysis -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 General patterns -- 5.3 Grave contexts -- 5.4 Depositions -- 5.4.1 Unused axes -- 5.5 The exception to the rule -- 6 Spatial Analysis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Natural landscape of depositions -- 6.3 Cultural landscape of depositions -- 7 Concluding Remarks: The Character of Depositions -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Physical properties of deposited axes.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789088900013
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789088900013
Language:
English
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