Wilkostowo 23/24. A Neolithic Settlement in Kuyavia, Poland c. 3500 BC

Opis

The book consists of 20 chapters provided with numerous figures, plates, photographs, tables and maps. The volume is accompanied by a CD, which contains a collection of archaeological sources in the form of plates and tables presenting the quantitative and qualitative characteristics. Based on the results of the analyses, Seweryn Rzepecki was able to trace the origin and decline of the settlement, he characterizes the spatial organization of the site and its buildings and is referring to the form and constructional aspects of the houses. The author also defines the basic means of sustenance to the settlement. The issues of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and gathering are raised and the selected crafts (pottery, flint and stone work, leather craft, weaving, salt production) are highlighted. The matter of intergroup relations and the rules connected with the use of the settlement area is discussed and the social organization of its inhabitants is outlined.

Spis treści

CONTENTS:

Preface from series' editors

Preface

Introduction

1.1. History of research

1.2.Research methods

1.3.Text division

2.Surface geology and geomorphology of the site area and its surroundings

( Jacek Forysiak, Juliusz Twardy)

2.1. Aim and subject matter of the research work

2.2.Research methodology

2.3.Topography

2.4.Geological structure

2.5. Transformation of relief of the researched area

mder natural and anthropogenic conditions

3.Finds recording

4. Taphonomy and stratigraphy of the site

4.1. The potential of post-depositional transformations

4.1.1. The economic exploitation of the site area from the Corded Ware culture

to the Modern Era

4.1.2.Natural sources of disturbance

4.1.3. Conclusions

4.2.The basic characteristics of the spatial patterns of the material

within the humus and cultural layer

4.2.1. Humus layer

4.2.2.Cultural layer

4.2.2.1. The TRB pottery

4.2.2.2.Pottery of the Globular Amphora culture

4.2.2.3.Daub

4.2.3.Evaluation of the rate of decomposition of the cultural layer

4.3.Description of stratigraphic units

4.3.1.Features

4.3.1.1 Post-holes

4.3.1.2. Pits

 4.3.1.3.Daub debris

 4.3.1.4. Identification of rubbish heaps

4.3.2. Structures

 4.3.3. Preservation of the features - evaluation

 4.3.4.Cultural context of features

5. Pottery of the TRB culture

5.1.Taphonomy and fabric

5.2. Decoration of vessels

5.3. Morphology

5.4. Relative chronology

5.4.1. A comparative analysis of the assemblages

5.4.2. Conclusions

6. Small clay artefacts

6.1. Spindle whorls

6.2. Spoons

6.3. Miscellaneous

7. Pottery of the Globular Amphora culture
8. The radiocarbon dates

8.1. Calibration of dates

8.1.1. Development of models

8.1.2. Chronology models for the TRB and GAC

9. Pottery from the youngest period of the site's use
10. Daub as a building material
11. Flint materials (Lucyna Domańska)

11.1. Dispersion of the materials

11.2.Culturalcharacteristicsandchronologyoftheinventory

11.2.1. Palaeolithic and Mesolithic materials

11.2.2. Flint products related to the TRB culture

11.2.3. Globular Amphora culture materials

11.3. Conclusions

12. Results of microwear analysis of flint artefacts

(Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska)

12.1. Method

12.2. Materials

12.3. Conclusions

13. Stone tools (Marcin Szydłowski, Seweryn Rzepecki)

13.1. The structure of tools

13.2. The raw material

13.3. Distribution of stone artefacts

13.4. Conclusions

14. Amber
15. Animal bones (Kamilla Waszczuk)

15.1. Introduction

15.2. Methods

15.3. Results

15.4. Conclusion overview

15.4.1. Animal husbandry in Wilkostowo 23/24

15.4.2. Taphonomic observations

15.5. Conclusions

16. Bone and tooth tools (Kamilla Waszczuk)

16.1. Introduction

16.2. Methods

16.3. Results

16.3.1. Tools intended for organic materials

16.3.2. Tools used in pottery production

16.3.3. Tools of an undefined form or function

17. Plant impressions on pottery (Joanna Abramów)

17.1. Analysis of impressions on potsherds

17.2.Analysis of the species

 17.2.1.Hordeum sp. -Barley

 17.2.2. Triticum dicoccon - Emmer wheat

 17.2.3.  Triticum monococcum - Einkorn wheat

 17.2.4.Triticum spelta - Spelt wheat

 18.Results off the mineralogical and technological study on pottery and daub

(Maciej Pawlikowski)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              18.1.Rcearch methods

18.2. Results of the analyses

18.3.Condusions

19. The record of prehistoric anthropogenic processes discovered

 in the catchment area of the mid section of the River Tążyna

 based on the geochemical analyses of the biogenic sediments

from Wilkostowo (Daniel Okupny, Anna Fortuniak, Julita Tomkowiak)

19.1. Introduction

19.2. Aim and methodology of the research

19.3.Geodemical characterization of the recorded sediments                                                                                                                                                                                          19.4.Human activity in the catchment area of the mid section

of the River Tążyna against the phases of development

of  the reservoir in Wilkostowo.

19.5. Conclusion

20. Wilkostowo 23/24. From birth to death of the settlement

20.1.The initial phase of settlement

20.1.1. The site layout and erection of houses

20.1.1.1.The arrangement of buildings

20.1.1.2. Construction of the houses

20.1.1.3. Shape of the buildings

20.2. The heyday of the settlement

20.2.1.Agricultue

20.2.1.1. Cultivation of fields

20.2.1.2. Animal husbandry

20.2.2. Gathering, fishing and hunting

20.2.3.Pottery

20.2.3.1. Use of vessels

20.2.4. Flint and stone processing

20.2.5.Furriery and weaving

20.2.6.Salt working (?)

20.2.7. Existence within a system of intergroup relations

20.2.7.1. The traces of presence left by the population

of the Globular Amphora culture

20.2.8 Spatial exploitation and social organization of the site

20.3. Leaving the site area

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