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Authors :
František Trampota
Petr Květina
Source :
Archeologické Rozhledy, Vol 72, Iss 2 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 2020.

Abstract

The object of the paper is to update the current concept of the chronology of the Neolithic (c. 5400–3300 BC) of the Czech Republic and northern Lower Austria by comparing the typo-chronological development of pottery and modelling the corresponding radiocarbon dates. Up until now, pottery and its style have often been perceived in Central Europe as “basic indicators” of archaeological cultures or pottery traditions, which are then further divided into chronological stages and phases. And yet, an analysis of the relationships of all three levels of these entities in the context of four types of models of radiocarbon dates indicates that changes in the original material culture do not necessarily occur on a time axis. While it is true that archaeological cultures have proven to be the robust materialisation of primarily chronological trends valid in larger geographic areas, at the level of general and more detailed pottery groups, development can be manifested in other ways (regionally, socially or in a way that is difficult to interpret).

Details

Language :
Czech, English, Slovak
ISSN :
03231267 and 25709151
Volume :
72
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Archeologické Rozhledy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.84be8ab2e6746bfb11baf141cd9bf0a
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2020.6