Harald Haarmann

The Mystery of the Danube Civilisation (eBook, ePUB)

The discovery of Europe's oldest civilisation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last few decades, archaeologists and cultural scientists have come to a better understanding of the extent of Neolithic civilisation on the Balkan peninsula. This Danube Civilisation, thriving between the 6th and 4th millennia BCE, was using a writing system long before the Mesopotamians and is remarkable for its accomplishments in craftsmanship, art and urban development. In this book, Harald Haarmann provides the first comprehensive insight into this enigmatic Old European culture, which is still largely unknown to the greater public. He describes the trade routes, settlements, mythology and writing system of this people, traces the changes resulting from the arrival of the Indo-Europeans, and shows how this first advanced civilisation in Europe influenced its successors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: marixverlag
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783843806466
• Artikelnr.: 59538523

Autorenporträt

Harald Haarmann (* 1946) is one of the world's best-known linguists; PhD in Bonn, Habilitation (post-doctoral qualification) in Trier. He has been Vice-President of the Institute of Archaeomythology (director of its European office in Finland) since 2003; author of more than 70 books in German and English, some of which have been translated into over a dozen languages. In addition to his study of the Danube Civilisation, he has produced remarkable insights into the roots of ancient Greek civilisation and the early history of Rome. His work has earned him the Prix logos (Paris, 1999), the Premio Jean Monnet (Genova, 1999) for essay writing, and the Plato Award (UK, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsThe puzzle of a 7,000 year-old civilisation91. The transition to the Neolithic in Europe(ca. 7500-5500 BCE)13Early farmers in Southeast Europe 14The emergence of regional cultures 40Cultural timeline of Old Europe 482. In search of the Old Europeans51The genetic footprint 51Linguistic traces 563. Commerce and living space79Trade routes and commodities 79Settlements and architecture 88Religious sites and graves 994. Arts and crafts109Weaving and textiles 110Pottery and firing techniques 114Metallurgy 118Art forms and cultural symbols 1225. Model of an egalitarian society141Matriarchal or matrilineal? 144Families and clans 146Oecumene and trade 1486. Religion and mythology153The world view of hunter-gatherers and farmers 155Female deities in Old Europe 156The bull - Animal symbols as attributes of the goddess 160Cults and rituals 161Music and dance 1697. Counting, measuring, recording173Numerical signs and numerology 173Calendrical notation 175Weights and measures 180Potter's or ownership marks 1818. The invention of writing183Origin and development of the Danube script 184The spread of writing in Old Europe 190Writing materials, inscriptions and varieties of text 193The repertory of Old European signs 196Written legacy of the Danube Civilisation 200A script in the service of religion 212The demise of the use of writing 2149. The decline and legacy of the Danube Civilisation(from around 4500 BCE)217Political and cultural upheavals 218The Balkan-Ancient Aegean cultural drift 227Minoan-Cypriot contacts: How Aegean script was exported 243 Epilogue249Bibliography259Key to inside cover map279