‘Pre-Neolithic’ in Southeast Europe: a Bulgarian perspective

Documenta Praehistorica

Maria Gurova²  Clive Bonsall¹ 

[1] School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh$$;National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences$$

关键词: Balkans;    Mesolithic;    demographic change;    Neolithization;    exchange networks;   

DOI  :  10.4312/dp.41.5

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Univerza v Ljubljani * Filozofska Fakulteta / University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Philosophy

【 摘 要 】

 This paper discusses why large areas of the central and northern Balkans lack evidence of Mesolithic settlement and what implications this holds for future research into the Neolithization of the region. A marked shift in site distribution patterns between Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic is interpreted as a response to changing environmental conditions and resource availability. It is suggested that some important questions of the pattern, processes and timing of the transition to farming across the Balkan Peninsula may only be answered through new archaeological surveys of the Lower Danube valley and exploration of submerged landscapes along the Black Sea, Aegean and Adriatic coasts.

【 授权许可】

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