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The Domestication of Europe: Structure and Contingency in Neolithic Societies (Social Archaeology) - Hardcover
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The Neolithic saw the spread of the first farmers, and the formation of settled villages throughout Europe. Traditional archaeology has interpreted these changes in terms of population growth, economic pressures and social competition, but in The Domestication of Europe Ian Hodder works from a new, controversial theory focusing instead on the enormous expansion of symbolic evidence from the homes, settlements and burials of the period. Why do the figurines, decorated pottery, elaborate houses and burial rituals appear and what is their significance? The author argues that the symbolism of the Neolithic must be interpreted if we are to understand adequately the associated social and economic changes. He suggests that both in Europe and the Near East a particular set of concepts was central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life. These concepts relate to the house and home - termed domus' - and they provided a metaphor and a mechanism for social and economic transformation. As the wild was brought in and domesticated through ideas and practices surrounding the domus, people were brought in and settled into the social and economic group of the village.
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. x, 331pp, index, references, bw ills. Or card. Light edge wear to covers, minor thumb soiling to bottom corner. An interpretation of symbolism in Neolith Europe. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 046092
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