Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?

In the western Mediterranean, the question of the settlement patterns of the first farming communities remains a much debated issue. Frequently compared with the LBK model, based on hundreds of well-documented villages, the settlement organization of the Impressed Ware complex is still poorly charac...

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Autores principales:	Manen Claire, Perrin Thomas, Bouby Laurent, Bréhard Stéphanie, Defranould Elsa, Rigaud Solange, Philibert Sylvie
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	southern france early neolithic settlement patterns territoriality social networks Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0f49b52d9f7f4afdbd2e9428964e6cb22021-12-05T14:10:59ZTerritoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0179https://doaj.org/article/0f49b52d9f7f4afdbd2e9428964e6cb22021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0179https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560In the western Mediterranean, the question of the settlement patterns of the first farming communities remains a much debated issue. Frequently compared with the LBK model, based on hundreds of well-documented villages, the settlement organization of the Impressed Ware complex is still poorly characterized and highly diversified. New data obtained in Southern France (Languedoc) may shed light on this matter, based on new excavations, revised data, and a multi-proxy perspective (site type, domestic area, food supply strategies, activities, spheres of acquisition of raw material, and so forth). Rather than reproducing a pattern of site locations and settlement structuring, it seems that these Early Neolithic groups sought to optimize the location and structuring of their settlements in relation to the specific characteristics of the surrounding environment and available resources. We therefore propose that the diversity observed in the settlement organization of these first farming communities is a reflection of a social organization well-adapted to the diversity of the ecosystem.Manen ClairePerrin ThomasBouby LaurentBréhard StéphanieDefranould ElsaRigaud SolangePhilibert SylvieDe Gruyterarticlesouthern franceearly neolithicsettlement patternsterritorialitysocial networksArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 923-938 (2021)
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spellingShingle	southern france early neolithic settlement patterns territoriality social networks Archaeology CC1-960 Manen Claire Perrin Thomas Bouby Laurent Bréhard Stéphanie Defranould Elsa Rigaud Solange Philibert Sylvie Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
description	In the western Mediterranean, the question of the settlement patterns of the first farming communities remains a much debated issue. Frequently compared with the LBK model, based on hundreds of well-documented villages, the settlement organization of the Impressed Ware complex is still poorly characterized and highly diversified. New data obtained in Southern France (Languedoc) may shed light on this matter, based on new excavations, revised data, and a multi-proxy perspective (site type, domestic area, food supply strategies, activities, spheres of acquisition of raw material, and so forth). Rather than reproducing a pattern of site locations and settlement structuring, it seems that these Early Neolithic groups sought to optimize the location and structuring of their settlements in relation to the specific characteristics of the surrounding environment and available resources. We therefore propose that the diversity observed in the settlement organization of these first farming communities is a reflection of a social organization well-adapted to the diversity of the ecosystem.
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author	Manen Claire Perrin Thomas Bouby Laurent Bréhard Stéphanie Defranould Elsa Rigaud Solange Philibert Sylvie
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title	Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
title_short	Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
title_full	Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
title_fullStr	Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
title_full_unstemmed	Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?
title_sort	territoriality and settlement in southern france in the early neolithic: diversity as a strategy?
publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0f49b52d9f7f4afdbd2e9428964e6cb2
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Territoriality and Settlement in Southern France in the Early Neolithic: Diversity as a Strategy?

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