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Archaeological record of the Adriatic offshore islands as an indicator of long-distance interaction in prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Stašo Forenbaher
Stašo Forenbaher*
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Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
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Abstract

This article explores the proposition that the archaeological record of small, remote islands with scarce resources reflects the intensity of long-distance interaction in prehistory, taking as an example the Adriatic offshore islands. The best represented periods, the early Neolithic and the end of the Copper Age, correspond to the times of large-scale stylistic unity, the former, of the Mediterranean Impressed Wares, and the latter, of Bell Beakers. During those periods, radical innovations were introduced over vast areas of Europe, first, a new subsistence economy, and second, a different kind of social organization. In both cases, long-distance interaction would have played a crucial role.

Dans cet article, en prenant pour exemple les îles au large de la mer Adriatique, nous analysons l'affirmation d'après laquelle les témoins archéologiques provenant de petites et lointaines îles aux ressources rares reflètent l'intensité des interactions à longue distance en préhistoire. Les périodes les mieux représentées, le Néolithique ancien et la fin de l'âge du Cuivre, correspondent aux époques d'unité stylistique à grande échelle; la première à la Céramique Imprimée méditerranéenne, et la seconde aux Gobelets Campaniformes. Pendant ces périodes, des innovations radicales furent introduites dans de vastes régions en Europe; d'abord une nouvelle économie de subsistance, et ensuite une différente organisation sociale. Dans les deux cas, les interactions de longue distance auront probablement joué un rôle crucial.

Zusammenfassung

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Aufsatz untersucht anhand des Beispiels der küstenfernen Adriainseln die Behauptung, dass die archäologischen Quellen kleiner, abgelegenen Inseln mit dürftigen Ressourcen die Intensität vorgeschichtlicher Interaktionen über große Entfernungen widerspiegeln. Die dort am besten vertretenen Perioden, das Frühneolithikum und das Ende der Kupferzeit, korrespondieren mit den zeitgleichen weiträumigen Phänomenen stilistischer Einheit – im ersten Fall mit den mediterranen abdruckverzierten Waren, im letzteren Fall mit der Glockenbecherkultur. Während dieser Perioden wurden über weite Teile Europas radikale Neuerungen eingeführt. Dabei handelt es sich für das erste Fallbeispiel eine neue Subsistenzökonomie sowie für das zweite um eine geänderte Art der sozialen Organisation. In beiden Fällen haben Interaktionen über große Entfernungen eine Schlüsselrolle gespielt.

Keywords

AdriaticBell BeakersImpressed Wareislandslong-distance interactionmaritime travelprehistoryAdriatiqueGobelets CampaniformesCéramique à Impressionîlesinteraction à longue distancevoyages maritimespréhistoireAdriaVorgeschichteGlockenbecherabdruckverzierte WareInselnInteraktionen über groβe EntfernungenSeefahrt
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European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 11 , Issue 2-3 , 2008 , pp. 223 - 244
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Copyright © 2008 Sage Publications 

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