H 290 x W 205 mm
232 pages
30 figures, 8 tables (colour throughout)
Published Mar 2023
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803273365
Digital: 9781803273372
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This volume explores the cultural meaning of ochre among the societies of the Late Epipalaeolithic/Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic from the Levant to the Carpathian Basin.
1. Introduction ;
Purpose of the work ;
Territorial range ;
Chronological range ;
Bibliographical review ;
Review of the material sources ;
Methodological framework ;
2. Ochre ;
The definition of ochre and its characteristics ;
Natural occurrence of mineral components of ochre ;
Other ochre components ;
Methods of ochre analysis ;
Analytical procedures in ochre studies: main expectations ;
3. Cultural Background with Particular Consideration of Neolithisation Processes and Interregional Contacts. The Question of a Sacred-Profane Dichotomy ;
The Levant ;
Anatolia ;
The Balkan Peninsula and Southern Carpathian Basin ;
Northern and Eastern Carpathian Basin ;
4. Contexts of Ochre Finds in Archaeological Layers ;
5. Ethnographic Analogies for Ochre Application ;
6. Ochre in the Neolithic Transformations from the Levant to the Carpathian Basin ;
Levant ;
Anatolia ;
The Balkan Peninsula and Southern Carpathian Basin ;
Northern and Eastern Carpathian Basin ;
Summary ;
7. Ochre Outcrops on the Terrains under Investigation ;
The Levant ;
Anatolia ;
The Balkan Peninsula ;
Carpathian Basin ;
8. Analysis of Ochre Samples ;
Methodological approach ;
Israel ;
Turkey ;
Bulgaria ;
Romania ;
Hungary ;
Slovakia ;
Discussion ;
9. The Meaning of Ochre in Societies on the Verge of Neolithisation ;
10. Conclusions ;
11. Bibliography ;
Appendix 1. Catalogue of Archaeological Sites ;
Appendix 2. Catalogue of Natural Ochre Outcrops ;
Links to Online Appendices ;
Appendix 3. Catalogue of Ochre Samples ;
Appendix 4. Catalogue of EDS Studies ;
Appendix 5. Plates