The Black Sea and the Early Civilizations of Europe, the Near East and Asia

Informationen zum Autor Mariya Ivanova is lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg and research fellow at the German Archaeological Institute. She has participated in field projects in Turkey and in southeast and central Europe. She is author of Fortified Settlements in the Balkans, in the Aegean and Western Anatolia, c.5000 2000 BC and has published articles in Prähistorische Zeitschrift, the Oxford Journal of Archaeology and Eurasia Antiqua. Klappentext This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period. Zusammenfassung Presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period. This book cuts across disciplines and combines sources published in Eastern European languages with Western scholarly literature to give the Black Sea its rightful place in contemporary archaeological discourse. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Environment; 2. A framework of technology; 3. Eurasia: the Neolithic prologue; 4. The valley of the Lower Kuban; 5. The North Black Sea grassland; 6. The wetlands of the west Black Sea; 7. Unknown coasts: the Black Sea littoral of Anatolia; 8. Conclusions: the Black Sea and the outside world.

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This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.

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1. Environment; 2. A framework of technology; 3. Eurasia: the Neolithic prologue; 4. The valley of the Lower Kuban; 5. The North Black Sea grassland; 6. The wetlands of the west Black Sea; 7. Unknown coasts: the Black Sea littoral of Anatolia; 8. Conclusions: the Black Sea and the outside world.