{"product_id":"the-domestication-of-europe-paperback-softback-9780631177692","title":"The Domestication of Europe (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631177692","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Domestication of Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Hodder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631177692, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Domestication of Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Domus in the Neolithic of SE Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Domus and Agrios in SE Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Dominating Boundaries and Entrances: The Earlier Neolithic in Central Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Towards a Higher Domain: The Later Neolithic in Central Europe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Domes of Rock: The Neolithic in Southern Scandinavia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Dames and Axes: Parallel Lines of Development in Northern France\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Taming the Landscape: Changing Idioms of Power in the Neolithic of Lowland Britain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Beginning by Ending References\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Archaeology%20%5BHD%5D%22\"\u003eHD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501388624152,"sku":"9780631177692","price":35.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631177692.jpg?v=1786234940","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-domestication-of-europe-paperback-softback-9780631177692","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}