P Bogucki
Biographic Data
| ID | 3131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Bogucki |
| GIVEN NAMES | P |
| FAMILY NAME | Bogucki |
| SIGNATURE | BOGUCKI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9547-9311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 211 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Neolithic Sites in the Polish Lowlands
The town of Brzesc Kujawski is a dusty crossroads in north-central Poland, about 14 km west of the city of Wloclawek and about 150 km northwest of Warsaw. Although there are numerous archaeological sites around Brzesc Kujawski, the most important are settlements of the first farmers in north-central Europe, between 6000 and 4000 B.C. Although most major Neolithic cultural groups of central and eastern Europe were identified by the early part of t…
Case Studies in European Prehistory
Interpretating Ireland's Prehistoric Landscape: The Bally Lough Archaeological Project (S.W. Green and M. Zvelebil). The Skateholm Project: Late Mesolithic Coastal Settlement in Southern Sweden (L. Larsson). Archaeological Investigations on Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites in Southeastern Poland (S. Milisauskas and J. Kruk). The Mesolithic/Neolithic Transformation in the Lower Rhine Basin (L.P.L. Kooijmans). Neolithic Sites in the Polish Lowlands: …
Households and Hamlets of the Brześć Kujawski Group
Over several decades, we have written extensively about the household as a fundamental organizational unit of the Neolithic society. Starting from our definition of the household cluster at Brześć Kujawski 3 and the detailed analysis of household activities at House 56 at Brześć Kujawski 4, we continue to consider the household as the locus of decision-making and resource allocation even as our thinking has evolved over the intervening years. At …
Disruption, Preference Cascades, Contagion, and the Transition to Agriculture in Northern Europe
The transition to agriculture in northern Europe around 4000 BC presents an unresolved question. Explanations have vacillated between the adoption of Neolithic things and practices by indigenous foragers to the displacement of Mesolithic populations by immigrant farmers. The goal of this article is to articulate some thoughts on this process. First, it would have been necessary to introduce food production practices, by acculturation or immigrati…
The discontinuous development of farming communities in the Polish lowlands, 5300–3900 BC
All things bright
Understanding socioeconomic inequality is fundamental for studies of societal development in European prehistory. This article presents dietary (δ13C and δ15N) isotope values for human and animal bone collagen from Early Neolithic Osłonki 1 in north-central Poland (c. 4600-4100 cal BC). A new series of AMS radiocarbon determinations show that, of individuals interred at the same time, those with copper artefacts exhibit significantly higher δ13C …
The role of Chenopodium in the subsistence economy of pioneer agriculturalists on the northern frontier of the Linear Pottery culture in Kuyavia, central Poland
Earliest evidence for cheese making in the sixth millennium bc in northern Europe
Multiproxy environmental archaeology of Neolithic settlements at Osłonki, Poland, 5500–4000 BC
Archaeological research on Neolithic settlements (ca. 5500–4000 cal BC) at and near Osłonki, Poland, is complemented by palaeoenvironmental investigations in three basins with biogenic sediments adjacent to the archaeological sites. Research included sedimentology, palynology, malacology and cladoceran analysis. Complementary lines of evidence indicate that Linear Pottery pioneer farmers of the late 6th millennium BC caused minimal environmental …
How Wealth Happened in Neolithic Central Europe
Defining a Regional Neolithic
Neolithic Farming in Central Europe
The Archaeology of People
Megalithic architecture
Prehistoric Europe
Enlightened Views of the Transition to Agriculture
Mark Pluciennik has correctly pointed out that many of our current views of social and economic development in prehistory have their roots in the intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His critique focuses on the assignment of primacy to subsistence change as a way of dividing pre-state societies into meaningful categories. Although he and I probably approach archaeology from very differe…
Recent research on early farming in central Europe
Farming communities were established in many parts of central Europe Between approximately 5600 and 4500 BC. Although these communities have been studied for over a century, much more remains to be learned about them. This article will provide an overview of the history of this research, some important recent discoveries, and a sense of the ongoing debate about the origins of these agricultural communities
Europe's First Farmers
Plants and animals originally domesticated in the Near East arrived in Europe between 7000 and 4000 BC. Was the new technology introduced by migrants, or was it an 'inside job'? How were the new species adapted to European conditions? What were the immediate and long-term consequences of the transition from hunting and gathering to farming? These central questions in the prehistory of Europe are discussed here by leading specialists, drawing on s…
The origins of agriculture in Europe
Time, Culture and Identity
The origins of human society
"The origins and development of human society are explored and illuminated in this compelling history. The book provides readers with an understanding of the exhibition of humans and the cultures they established, from the first traces of humanity to the creation of early literate societies." "The author examines how Homo sapiens emerged as the sole-surviving human species and developed into modern humans. He provides a global account of prehisto…
Economy and Society in Prehistoric Europe
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
The introduction of agriculture to Europe was a complicated process that had a profound impact on human settlement and the natural landscape. Excavations at Osłonki in north-central Poland have revealed a settlement of early farmers from approximately 4300–4000 B.C. Between 1989 and 1994, 30 trapezoidal longhouses and 80 graves were revealed in an area of 15,000 sq m, along with numerous pits filled with household rubbish. A fortification ditch, …
Europe in the Neolithic
Europe in the Neolithic: The Creation of New Worlds. Alasdair Whittle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 443 pp
The "Kurgan Culture," Indo-European Origins, and the Domestication of the Horse
The "Kurgan culture" concept has for two decades been the central element in attempts to explain the cultural shifts that occurred during the Late Copper Age/Early Broze Age transition in Eastern Europe, ca. 2500 b.c. These shifts represented a significant departure from earlier cultural trajectories and established the foundation for the subsequent development of European societies. It is suggested here tht the "Kurgan culture" concept lacks int…
TRB Culture
Geographical background the late hunter-gatherers of the North European plain and the neighbouring central European farmers the late Mesolithic groups the early farming groups the TRB culture - the historical background regional ceramic sequences of the TRB culture the absolute chronology of the TRB culture stone, flint and other industries of the TRB culture the settlement patterns of the TRB culture the economy of the TRB culture funerary tradi…
Animal traction and household economies in Neolithic Europe
Most archaeological interest in the story of European social evolution has looked to the grand picture, as the bands combine and climb at last to achieve states and empires. What about the structure of European Neolithic as it was experienced at home, when the OX, the pig, the sheep and the goat came to live in the domestic unit of the single household
Ceramic Sieves of the Linear Pottery Culture and Their Economic Implications
Fragments of ceramic sieves constitute a widespread, but littleknown element in the ceramic inventories of Linear Pottery sites in temperate Europe. These sieves appear to have functioned as strainers for separating curds from whey in cheese production, on the basis of parallels with later archaeological cultures and ethnographic examples. Archaeozoological data support the hypothesis that dairy production has a greater antiquity than has been hi…
Case Studies in European Prehistory
Interpretating Ireland's Prehistoric Landscape: The Bally Lough Archaeological Project (S.W. Green and M. Zvelebil). The Skateholm Project: Late Mesolithic Coastal Settlement in Southern Sweden (L. Larsson). Archaeological Investigations on Neolithic and Bronze Age Sites in Southeastern Poland (S. Milisauskas and J. Kruk). The Mesolithic/Neolithic Transformation in the Lower Rhine Basin (L.P.L. Kooijmans). Neolithic Sites in the Polish Lowlands: …
The Establishment of Agrarian Communities on the North European Plain [and Comments and Reply]
The household cluster at Brzesc Kujawski 3
Attempts to examine the organization of human behaviour on large, multi‐phase Neolithic sites in central Europe have often been frustrated by the difficulty of associating features with specific structures and thus seeing the positioning of storage, burial, and refuse facilities relative to particular houses. Under the proposition that it should be easier to see such relationships on smaller, less‐complicated sites, data from the completely‐excav…
The role of Chenopodium in the subsistence economy of pioneer agriculturalists on the northern frontier of the Linear Pottery culture in Kuyavia, central Poland
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
The introduction of agriculture to Europe was a complicated process that had a profound impact on human settlement and the natural landscape. Excavations at Osłonki in north-central Poland have revealed a settlement of early farmers from approximately 4300–4000 B.C. Between 1989 and 1994, 30 trapezoidal longhouses and 80 graves were revealed in an area of 15,000 sq m, along with numerous pits filled with household rubbish. A fortification ditch, …
Multiproxy environmental archaeology of Neolithic settlements at Osłonki, Poland, 5500–4000 BC
Archaeological research on Neolithic settlements (ca. 5500–4000 cal BC) at and near Osłonki, Poland, is complemented by palaeoenvironmental investigations in three basins with biogenic sediments adjacent to the archaeological sites. Research included sedimentology, palynology, malacology and cladoceran analysis. Complementary lines of evidence indicate that Linear Pottery pioneer farmers of the late 6th millennium BC caused minimal environmental …
The First Farmers of Central Europe
The last two decades have seen a significant increase in our knowledge of the earliest farming communities of Central Europe between ca. 5500 and 4000 B.C. (4500–3000 b.c.). These data have led to a better understanding of the chronology, settlement patterns, subsistence economy, and burial practices of these cultures. In addition, data that were virtually unknown 20 years ago, such as earthworks and the unusual pottery variants of Limburg and La…
Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland
Since 1976, excavations have been conducted on two neighboring Early Neolithic sites at Brześć Kujawski, Wloclawek district, Poland. The aim of this research is to improve the understanding of the developmental sequence of Early Neolithic cultures on the Polish lowlands as well as to recover palaeobotanical and archaeozoological materials to study the changes in subsistence patterns over time. There are three components of Early Neolithic settlem…
Tactical and Strategic Settlements in the Early Neolithic of Lowland Poland
Attempts to correlate the earliest Neolithic sites in lowland Poland with various soil types and Topographic features have been generally unsuccessful, due primarily to the quite diverse character of the soil cover and subtle physiography in this area. In this paper, a model of "tactical" and "strategic" sites is developed, based on Clay's (1976) model to account for the diversity of Mississippian sites in the midcontinental United States. The ar…
Recent research on early farming in central Europe
Farming communities were established in many parts of central Europe Between approximately 5600 and 4500 BC. Although these communities have been studied for over a century, much more remains to be learned about them. This article will provide an overview of the history of this research, some important recent discoveries, and a sense of the ongoing debate about the origins of these agricultural communities
Households and Hamlets of the Brześć Kujawski Group
Over several decades, we have written extensively about the household as a fundamental organizational unit of the Neolithic society. Starting from our definition of the household cluster at Brześć Kujawski 3 and the detailed analysis of household activities at House 56 at Brześć Kujawski 4, we continue to consider the household as the locus of decision-making and resource allocation even as our thinking has evolved over the intervening years. At …
All things bright
Understanding socioeconomic inequality is fundamental for studies of societal development in European prehistory. This article presents dietary (δ13C and δ15N) isotope values for human and animal bone collagen from Early Neolithic Osłonki 1 in north-central Poland (c. 4600-4100 cal BC). A new series of AMS radiocarbon determinations show that, of individuals interred at the same time, those with copper artefacts exhibit significantly higher δ13C …
How Wealth Happened in Neolithic Central Europe
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
Early Neolithic Sites at Brzesc Kujawski, Poland
Ryszard Grygiel, Peter Bogucki, Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland: Preliminary Report on the 1980-1984 Excavations, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer, 1986), pp. 121-137
Computer Networks for Anthropological Communication
Theoretical Directions in European Archaeology
Bogucki's review deals with theoretical directions in current archaeological research in Europe, and Kohl's covers recent fieldwork and analysis in central Asia. It should be emphasized that these reviews are written specifically for the readers of this journal. Their purpose is to provide brief overviews of the topics and to introduce the readers to some of the literature in the field. The authors emphasize issues most likely to be of direct int…
Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland
Ryszard Grygiel, Peter I. Bogucki, Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland: Preliminary Report on the 1976-1979 Excavations, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1981), pp. 9-27
On the Socioeconomic System of European Neolithic Populations
Tactical and Strategic Settlements in the Early Neolithic of Lowland Poland
Attempts to correlate the earliest Neolithic sites in lowland Poland with various soil types and Topographic features have been generally unsuccessful, due primarily to the quite diverse character of the soil cover and subtle physiography in this area. In this paper, a model of "tactical" and "strategic" sites is developed, based on Clay's (1976) model to account for the diversity of Mississippian sites in the midcontinental United States. The ar…
Excavations at Brzesc Kujawski, Poland
On the Socioeconomic System of European Neolithic Populations
Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland
Ryszard Grygiel, Peter I. Bogucki, Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland: Preliminary Report on the 1976-1979 Excavations, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1981), pp. 9-27
Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland
Since 1976, excavations have been conducted on two neighboring Early Neolithic sites at Brześć Kujawski, Wloclawek district, Poland. The aim of this research is to improve the understanding of the developmental sequence of Early Neolithic cultures on the Polish lowlands as well as to recover palaeobotanical and archaeozoological materials to study the changes in subsistence patterns over time. There are three components of Early Neolithic settlem…
The household cluster at Brzesc Kujawski 3
Attempts to examine the organization of human behaviour on large, multi‐phase Neolithic sites in central Europe have often been frustrated by the difficulty of associating features with specific structures and thus seeing the positioning of storage, burial, and refuse facilities relative to particular houses. Under the proposition that it should be easier to see such relationships on smaller, less‐complicated sites, data from the completely‐excav…
Ceramic Sieves of the Linear Pottery Culture and Their Economic Implications
Fragments of ceramic sieves constitute a widespread, but littleknown element in the ceramic inventories of Linear Pottery sites in temperate Europe. These sieves appear to have functioned as strainers for separating curds from whey in cheese production, on the basis of parallels with later archaeological cultures and ethnographic examples. Archaeozoological data support the hypothesis that dairy production has a greater antiquity than has been hi…
Theoretical Directions in European Archaeology
Bogucki's review deals with theoretical directions in current archaeological research in Europe, and Kohl's covers recent fieldwork and analysis in central Asia. It should be emphasized that these reviews are written specifically for the readers of this journal. Their purpose is to provide brief overviews of the topics and to introduce the readers to some of the literature in the field. The authors emphasize issues most likely to be of direct int…
Early Neolithic Sites at Brzesc Kujawski, Poland
Ryszard Grygiel, Peter Bogucki, Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland: Preliminary Report on the 1980-1984 Excavations, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Summer, 1986), pp. 121-137
Early Neolithic Sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland
Since 1976, excavations have been conducted on two neighboring Early Neolithic sites at Brześć Kujawski, Poland. The original goals of this research, to obtain a radiocarbon-supported sequence of Early Neolithic cultures of the Polish Lowlands and to recover paleobotanical and faunal remains, have been expanded to include the investigation of household activities and regional settlement distribution. Further analysis of faunal and botanical remai…
The "Kurgan Culture," Indo-European Origins, and the Domestication of the Horse
The "Kurgan culture" concept has for two decades been the central element in attempts to explain the cultural shifts that occurred during the Late Copper Age/Early Broze Age transition in Eastern Europe, ca. 2500 b.c. These shifts represented a significant departure from earlier cultural trajectories and established the foundation for the subsequent development of European societies. It is suggested here tht the "Kurgan culture" concept lacks int…
Computer Networks
The Establishment of Agrarian Communities on the North European Plain [and Comments and Reply]
Computer Networks for Anthropological Communication
Archeology
Bad Year Economics
Selevac, a Neolithic Village in Yugoslavia
The Domestication of Europe
Between east and west
The First Farmers of Central Europe
The last two decades have seen a significant increase in our knowledge of the earliest farming communities of Central Europe between ca. 5500 and 4000 B.C. (4500–3000 b.c.). These data have led to a better understanding of the chronology, settlement patterns, subsistence economy, and burial practices of these cultures. In addition, data that were virtually unknown 20 years ago, such as earthworks and the unusual pottery variants of Limburg and La…
Animal traction and household economies in Neolithic Europe
Most archaeological interest in the story of European social evolution has looked to the grand picture, as the bands combine and climb at last to achieve states and empires. What about the structure of European Neolithic as it was experienced at home, when the OX, the pig, the sheep and the goat came to live in the domestic unit of the single household
TRB Culture
Geographical background the late hunter-gatherers of the North European plain and the neighbouring central European farmers the late Mesolithic groups the early farming groups the TRB culture - the historical background regional ceramic sequences of the TRB culture the absolute chronology of the TRB culture stone, flint and other industries of the TRB culture the settlement patterns of the TRB culture the economy of the TRB culture funerary tradi…
Sustainable and Unsustainable Adaptations by Early Farming Communities of Northern Poland
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
Early Farmers in North-Central Europe
The introduction of agriculture to Europe was a complicated process that had a profound impact on human settlement and the natural landscape. Excavations at Osłonki in north-central Poland have revealed a settlement of early farmers from approximately 4300–4000 B.C. Between 1989 and 1994, 30 trapezoidal longhouses and 80 graves were revealed in an area of 15,000 sq m, along with numerous pits filled with household rubbish. A fortification ditch, …
Archaeology (45 works) · Geography (38 works) · History (29 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (27 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (24 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (19 works) · History (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Agriculture (11 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 works)