The Domestication of Europe

Ian Hodder (Stanford University)

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Wiley-Blackwell
08 November 1990

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Prehistoric archaeology; Population & demography; Politics & government

The Neolithic saw the spread of the first farmers, and the formation of settled villages throughout Europe. Traditional archaeology has interpreted these changes in terms of population growth, economic pressures and social competition, but in ""The Domestication of Europe"" Ian Hodder works from a new, controversial theory focusing instead on the enormous expansion of symbolic evidence from the homes, settlements and burials of the period. Why do the figurines, decorated pottery, elaborate houses and burial rituals appear and what is their significance? The author argues that the symbolism of the Neolithic must be interpreted if we are to understand adequately the associated social and economic changes. He suggests that both in Europe and the Near East a particular set of concepts was central to the origins of farming and a settled mode of life. These concepts relate to the house and home - termed ""domus"" - and they provided a metaphor and a mechanism for social and economic transformation. As the wild was brought in and domesticated through ideas and practices surrounding the domus, people were brought in and settled into the social and economic group of the village. Over the following millennia cultural practices relating to the domus continued to change and develop, until finally overtaken by a new set of concepts which became socially central, based on the warrior, the hunter and the wild.

By: Ian Hodder (Stanford University)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780631177692
ISBN 10: 0631177698
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 08 November 1990
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ian Hodder FBA is a British archaeologist and pioneer of postprocessualist theory in archaeology that first took root among his students and in his own work between 1980-1990.

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