Early Urbanism in Europe: The Trypillia Megasites of the Ukrainian Forest-Steppe

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2020

Early Urbanism in Europe

The Trypillia Megasites of the Ukrainian Forest-Steppe

Edited by: Bisserka Gaydarska

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664959

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For over 60 years, the accepted view of cultural evolution was that the world's first cities developed in the Fertile Crescent in the 4th millennium BC. This view overlooks the emergence of a much neglected class of sites—the Trypillia megasites of the Ukrainian forest-steppe. The megasites were in fact larger and earlier than the Mesopotamian cities and demonstrate an alternative pathway towards cities without strong central administration and any later urban legacy. In this book, a team of international authors examines the hypothesis of independent Eastern European urbanism using the evidence gathered from the multi-disciplinary investigation of the megasite of Nebelivka.

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Bisserka Gaydarska

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Preface Open Access Download PDF	XVII
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	XIX
List of Participants Open Access Download PDF	XXI
Acknowledgements Bisserka Gaydarska Open Access Download PDF	XXII
1 Introduction Bisserka Gaydarska and John Chapman Open Access Download PDF	1
2 Theory and Practice for Trypillia Megasites Bisserka Gaydarska and John Chapman Open Access Download PDF	19
3 Landscape Studies Marco Nebbia and Joe Roe Open Access Download PDF	60
4 Site Studies Bruce Albert, Jim Innes, Konstantin Kremenetski, Andrew Millard, Marco Nebbia, Bisserka Gaydarska, John Chapman, Dan Miller, Duncan Hale, Brian Buchanan, Stuart Johnston, Mykhailo Videiko, Manuel Arroyo-Kalin, Tuukka Kaikkonen, Svetlana Ivanova, Stoilka Terziiska-Ignatova, Patricia Voke, Natalia Burdo and Natalia Shevchenko Open Access Download PDF	111
5 The Finds Bisserka Gaydarska, Marco Nebbia, John Chapman, Edward Caswell, Sophia Arbeiter, Eduard Ovchinnikov, Dmytro Gaskevych, Cătălin Lazăr, Theodor Ignat, Adrian Boyce, Amanda Dolan, Jason Newton, Dmytro Kiosak, Mykola Belenko, Oliver E. Craig, Harry K. Robson, Matthew von Tersch, Alexandre Lucquin, Zsuzsanna Tóth, Alice Choyke, David Orton, James Nottingham, Giselle Rainsford-Betts, Kim Hosking, Andrew Millard and Galyna Pashkevych Open Access Download PDF	265
6 Discussion Bisserka Gaydarska and John Chapman Open Access Download PDF	415
7 Conclusions John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska Open Access Download PDF	508
References Open Access Download PDF	529
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	558
List of Tables Open Access Download PDF	566
Index Open Access Download PDF	568

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Scholars and students interested in the Neolithic, early urbanism, prehistory
Pages
- Main content: 600
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 172
- Coloured Illustrations: 136
- Tables: 43
Keywords: Cucuteni-Trypillia; Forest Neolithic; Forest-steppe; Majdanetske; Nebelivka; Neolithic; Remote sensing; Settlement; Trypillia megasites; Ukrain; Urbanism

eBook

Published: July 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110664959

Hardcover

Published: July 16, 2020
ISBN: 9783110664935