The Concept of the ‘Stage of Reduction and Concentration of Settlements’ in Neolithic Studies

Kadrow, Sławomir

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“…This transition was provoked by social conflicts. The emergence, development and fall of these sites were not related to climate changes (Kadrow 2020b).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…f. The concept of the 'stage of reduction and concentration of settlements' in Neolithic studies: demography, settlements and social conflict (Kadrow 2020b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, in the cases of microregions of Osłonki, Bronocie and Iwanowice (Kadrow 2020b), the chronology of social crises does not correlate exactly with either the periods of wetting and cooling of the climate, or with drier and warmer periods, readable throughout the European continent (acc. to Kremenetski 2003;Kalicki 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They are legible only in some settlement centres, while in others the continuation of old development trends is observed. Moreover, these changes are registered in various geographical, environment, cultural and chronological contexts (Kadrow 2020b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There is a connection between the depth of a crisis and the severity of the social conflict and its effect in the form of cultural change or change in culture (Kadrow 2020b).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Some remarks on climate impact on prehistoric societies

Kadrow

2020

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In some archaeological studies there is a tendency emphasize climate with special strength as a driving force of cultural change in studies covering larger areas over longer periods of time. Migrations are often linked to climate change. In contrast, in small-region studies, researchers are more likely to explore internal factors of change, such as inequality and conflict. On the other hand, in publications postulating the impact of climate on changes in prehistoric societies, it is quite easy to notice the dependence of their authors on a specific theoretical option. For this reason, this article provides an overview of them (classical evolutionism, anthropogeography, culture-historical school, some processualists). For the same reason, selected examples of positive references to climate as a driving force for change and examples where researchers point to other causes are included here. The conclusion stated that even the best documented influence of climatic factors did not affect people directly. As a component of the natural environment that remains outside human culture, climate cannot influence migration or culture change directly. It is part of so called border conditions of cultural and civilizational phenomena, and it may be a necessary condition of cultural change, but never its sufficient condition. Reconstruction of necessary and sufficient conditions requires knowledge of images of the world prevalent in a given society, which involve moral and practical suggestions about how to solve organizational and legal problems in an essential framework of world -view and religion.

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“…This transition was provoked by social conflicts. The emergence, development and fall of these sites were not related to climate changes (Kadrow 2020b).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…f. The concept of the 'stage of reduction and concentration of settlements' in Neolithic studies: demography, settlements and social conflict (Kadrow 2020b).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a connection between the depth of a crisis and the severity of the social conflict and its effect in the form of cultural change or change in culture (Kadrow 2020b).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Some remarks on climate impact on prehistoric societies

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2020

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Central European Crisis, Culture Heterogenization and Migrations From the Steppes in Neolithic

Kadrow

2021

Bulletin of the MSRU (History and Political Science)

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Aim. To show the symptoms of the socio-economic crisis in Central Europe (2 nd part of the 4th millennium BC) and the accompanying cultural mechanisms. Methodology. The author uses the tools of the globalization theory (network connectivity etc.) and the theory of culture (hetreogenization, hybridization etc.) to analyze the effects of a long-term crisis. Results. Attention was drawn to the probable correlation of the crisis and the accompanying cultural changes with the increasing migrations from the steppes and their positive impact on deep cultural changes, i. e. the formation of the Corded Ware Culture. Research implications. The described situation finds structural analogies in late antiquity (the fall of Rome in the conditions of the growing strength of early Christian network communities) and today according to Oswald Spengler's idea of the fall of the West (Untergand des Abendlandes).

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The Concept of the ‘Stage of Reduction and Concentration of Settlements’ in Neolithic Studies

Cited by 2 publications

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Some remarks on climate impact on prehistoric societies

Some remarks on climate impact on prehistoric societies

Central European Crisis, Culture Heterogenization and Migrations From the Steppes in Neolithic

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