Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic. The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands
The Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there ar...
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doaj-3918d11e434b4181a9a1fffea6c456f32021-10-02T04:21:45ZengDe GruyterOpen Archaeology2300-65602016-09-012110.1515/opar-2016-0007opar-2016-0007Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic. The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć Kujawski Culture in the Polish LowlandsCzerniak Lech0Pyzel Joanna1nstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Bielańska 5, PL 80-851 Gdańsknstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Bielańska 5, PL 80-851 GdańskThe Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there are very striking regional distinctions in the material culture of these communities, which appear to reflect a conscious attempt to emphasize local identity, incorporating both innovation and conservatism. This article focuses on one of the most distinctive features of this culture – trapezoidal longhouses, presented here in the context of astonishingly various and hierarchical settlement system of the BKK. In this respect the iconic character of houses expressed by the uniformity of their form and size, seems to be a deliberate decision that stressed local identity in reference to the LBK heritage as well as other contemporary communities inhabiting the Polish Lowlands in the 5th millennium BC.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opar.2016.2.issue-1/opar-2016-0007/opar-2016-0007.xml?format=INTPolish LowlandsNeolithicChalcolithic Brześć Kujawski culture |
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Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic.
The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć
Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands |
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Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic.
The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć
Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands |
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Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic.
The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć
Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands |
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Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic.
The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć
Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands |
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Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic.
The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć
Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands |
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being at home in the early chalcolithic.
the longhouse phenomenon in the brześć
kujawski culture in the polish lowlands |
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De Gruyter |
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Open Archaeology |
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2300-6560 |
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2016-09-01 |
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The Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium
BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that
BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there are very striking
regional distinctions in the material culture of these communities, which appear to reflect a conscious
attempt to emphasize local identity, incorporating both innovation and conservatism. This article focuses on
one of the most distinctive features of this culture – trapezoidal longhouses, presented here in the context of
astonishingly various and hierarchical settlement system of the BKK. In this respect the iconic character of
houses expressed by the uniformity of their form and size, seems to be a deliberate decision that stressed local
identity in reference to the LBK heritage as well as other contemporary communities inhabiting the Polish
Lowlands in the 5th millennium BC. |
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Polish Lowlands Neolithic Chalcolithic Brześć Kujawski culture |
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