Storage of food in the Neolithic communities of northern Greece

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ID3919351
AutoresDushka Urem-Kotsou, Dusanka Urem-Kotsou (0000-0002-9534-6340, Democritus University of Thrace, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen49
Número1
Páginas73-89
Fecha de publicación2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2016.1276853
OpenAlexW2594630499
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas27

This paper examines the evidence for the storage of food during the Neolithic in northern Greece. Ecofactual remains point to reliance on cultivated crops and domesticates from the initial phase of the period (mid-seventh millennium), suggesting the importance of the production and storage of normal surplus for the economic and social organization of early farmers. The archaeological record indicates that storage of surplus was controlled by domestic units from the beginning of the Neolithic. There is also evidence for the symbolic importance of crops and domesticates throughout northern Greece, though with a certain diversity among the regions. The characteristics of storage facilities (e.g. types, capacity) and their location indicate chronological differences, but also contemporaneous regional and local varieties in storage practices. Diversity in storage solutions, along with the ritual use of crops and domesticates including in feasting, points to the existence of many specific traditions and local histories within regional cultural frames

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Biology · Cultivated plant taxonomy · Diversity (politics · Geography · Period (music · Political science · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Paleontology