The Lives of Houses

Duration, Context, and History at Neolithic Uivar, Romania

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ID7175163
AutoresFlorin Draşovean (0009-0007-1842-3481, Babeș-Bolyai University, autor correspondente), Wolfram Schier (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale), Alex Bayli (0000-0003-2782-1979, University of Stirling), Bisserka Gaydarska (0000-0002-6236-872X, Cardiff University), A Whittle (0000-0001-6811-8724, Cardiff University)
Ano2017
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas636-662
Data de publicação2017-07-13
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/eaa.2017.37
OpenAlexW2754186403
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas49

There is a considerable mix of models for house durations in the literature on Neolithic Europe. This article presents a summary of a formal chronological model for the Neolithic tell of Uivar in western Romania. We provide estimates of house duration and relate houses to other features of the development of this tell, from the later sixth to the mid-fifth millennium cal bc . Three wider implications are discussed: that the house must be contextualized case by case; that house duration gives powerful insights into the sociality of community; and that houses, surprisingly often taken rather for granted in Neolithic archaeology, should be fully integrated into the interpretation of Neolithic histories. From what perspective, anthropocentric or relational, that may best be done, is open to question; while it may be helpful to think in this case in terms of the lives and vitality of houses, the ability of people to create and vary history should not be set aside lightly

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