The Routes of Neolithisation
The Middle Struma Valley from a Regional Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13077501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Małgorzata Grębska-Kulow (corresponding author), Petar Zidarov (0000-0001-9968-7786) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1000-1014 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Open Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2300-6560 • E-ISSN: 2300-6560 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Open (PUBLISHER • PL) |
| DOI | 10.1515/opar-2020-0170 |
| OpenAlex | W3200853843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
The frontier position of the Balkan Peninsula, next to Anatolia and the Aegean, emphasises its key importance for the study of the Neolithisation processes taking place in Europe during the seventh–sixth millennia BC. A look at the distribution of most Early Neolithic sites along the submeridional alluvial plains of its central mountainous part often leaves the impression that the valleys of the Vardar, Struma, Mesta and Maritsa rivers functioned as natural corridors, allowing for the rapid advance of the farming way of life towards the interior regions of Europe. However, comparative analysis of the distribution patterns of specific diagnostic components of Early Neolithic cultures, such as white painted pottery, anthropomorphic figurines and miniature “cult tables”, from the Early Neolithic settlements in the Middle Struma Valley, southwestern Bulgaria, namely Kovachevo, Ilindentsi, Brezhani, Drenkovo and Balgarchevo I shows a rather unexpected direction and dynamic of cultural/social contact during this crucial period
Alluvial plain · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Balkan peninsula · Cartography · Frontier · Geography · Human settlement · Natural (archaeology · Peninsula · Period (music · Pottery · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.75 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |