A Ritual Feature with Bell Beaker Elements in a Late Neolithic Hunter-Gatherer Campsite in North-Eastern Poland

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ID7175123
AuthorsD Manasterski (0000-0002-0246-4795, University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Katarzyna Januszek (0000-0001-7355-3827, University of Warsaw), Adam Wawrusiewicz (0000-0002-2887-387X), Aleksandra Cetwińska (0000-0002-6131-9889), Aleksandra Klecha (University of Warsaw)
Year2020
Volume24
Issue2
Pages226-248
Publication date2020-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-9571 • E-ISSN: 1741-2722
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/eaa.2020.52
OpenAlexW3096920333
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

The ephemeral nature of religious practices and rituals makes them challenging to trace in the archaeological record of Late Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities in central and eastern Europe. A ritual feature with Bell Beaker elements discovered in north-eastern Poland, a region occupied by hunter-gatherer groups of the Neman cultural circle, is thus exceptional. Its syncretic character indicates its role as a harbinger of wider cultural change that led to the emergence in this region of the western group of the Bronze Age Trzciniec cultural circle

Ancient history · Archaeology · Beaker · Bronze · Bronze Age · Character (mathematics · Ephemeral key · Ethnology · Feature (linguistics · Geography · Hunter-gatherer · Sculpture · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History

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