Dynamics of Neolithisation in South-eastern Europe

This book describes various scenarios of the transition from the wandering way of life to sedentarism in Southeastern Europe – the key region between Anatolia and the Aegean to Central Europe – where these fundamental changes first appeared in Europe. At the beginning of this monograph there is a research-historical review of the development of the concept of a “Neolithic” which is deeply rooted in Western cultural history. One important aim of this book is to display the complexity of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and animal husbandry in south-eastern Europe. There is no single neolithisation process; rather, there are different scenarios for the transition to sedentarism in each of the major regions examined herein.