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1 online resource (viii, 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: from surface collection to past lifeways / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- The site of Orlovo in its local and regional context / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarka, and Ruslan Kostov -- The fired clay figurines / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ana Raduntcheva -- The ornaments / John Chapman and Ruslan Kostov -- The polished stone tools / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ruslan Kostov -- Interpreting the site and the objects / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska, and Ana Raduntcheva -- Conclusions / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 1: catalogue of finds / Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 2: other finds / Ana Raduntcheva and John Chapman. |
| Summary |
The communities who lived in the Balkans between 7000 and 4000 Cal. BC have now been the focus of intensive and increasingly inter-disciplinary research for the last forty years. Dwelling between the warm, dry Mediterranean zones of the Aegean and Anatolia and the cooler and snowier Central European heartlands, these communities created distinctive social formations that left enduring marks on today's landscapes. One of the key trends in these millennia concerned the high value attributed to the exotic, especially if that was represented by objects of striking colour and brilliance. Thus, the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Orlovo Site (Bulgaria)
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric. |
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Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region. |
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Khaskovo Region (Bulgaria) -- Antiquities.
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Khaskovo Region (Bulgaria) -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
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Material culture -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region -- History -- To 1500.
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Material culture. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Prehistoric peoples -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region -- Social life and customs.
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Prehistoric peoples. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Community life -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region -- History -- To 1500.
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Community life. |
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Social archaeology -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region.
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Social archaeology. |
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Neolithic period -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region.
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Neolithic period. |
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Copper age -- Bulgaria -- Khaskovo Region.
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Copper age. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General. |
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Antiquities. |
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. |
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Bulgaria -- Orlovo Site. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Chapman, John, 1951- editor.
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Gaydarska, Bisserka, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781842173916 184217391X (DLC) 2010018124 |
| ISBN |
1842177761 (electronic book) |
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9781842177761 (electronic book) |
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9781842173916 |
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184217391X |
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