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REPORTS OF PREHISTORIC RESEARCH PROJECTS
Vol. 6-7 (2005)
PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY & THEORETICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION




TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1
Approach to Prehistory of the Western Pontic Region

Excavations


Vinca  – The Third Glance (Excavations 1998-2002)
by Nenad N. Tasic   
                                
Some results of the Investigations of Hotnitsa Tell in
2001 by Stefan Chokhadzhiev and Alexander
Chokhadzhiev                                  

The Prehistoric Settlement of Kartal (Orlovka):
Preliminary Information on the Excavations in  2001-2002
by Igor Bruyako, Igor Manzura and Leonid Subbotin                                         

Chronology

New Observations on the Radiocarbon Chronology of the Starcevo-Criº and Körös Cultures by
Paolo Biagi and Michela Spataro                             

Rapid Rivers and Slow Seas? New Data for the Radiocarbon Chronology of the Balkan Peninsula
by
Paolo Biagi, Stephen Shennan and Michela Spataro                           


The Proto-Bronze Age Cemetery at Durankulak: A Look from the East
by Igor Manzura

The Pit Grave Culture as an Archaeological Phenomenon
by Svetlana Ivanova                      

Social and Symbolic Archaeology

The “Danube Script” and the Gradešnica Platter (A Semiotic Study Based on Most Recent Autopsy of
the Bulgarian Item)
by Marco Merlini                           

Social Changes and Cultural Interactions in Later Balkan Prehistory  (Later Fifth and
Fourth  Millennia Cal BCE)
by Lolita Nikolova                                                 


Part 2
Anthropological Theory and Education


Theory

An Overview of Foraging Theory - Models and Mechanics
by Jude Higgins
                            
Approach  to Anthropology of Everydayness: Symbols in the Prehistopric Enculturation Process 
by
Lolita Nikolova                  


Genealogy asa Subfield of Anthropology
by Lolita Nikolova     
                                                  
Discussion and Review

The Myth of Universal Patriarchy: A Critical Response to Cynthia Eller’s “Myth of Matriarchal
Prehistory” 
by Joan Marler

Material, Virtual and Temporal Compositions: On the Relationships between Objects. Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists. Fifth Annual Meeting in Bournemouth 1999,  edited by Dragos Gheorghiu. BAR International Series 953. BAR. Oxford. 2001. 95 p. (text and illustrations).                                                            

Essays:
Why Do We Need Traditions


Plumb, Straight and Square: Traditions and Culture of Building
by Nathan Hampton (Salt Lake City,
Utah).-Why We Do Need Traditions by Iris Hitova (Hungary).- Tradition
by Daniel Loncar and
Suzana Cule (Croatia).-The Importance of Religious Traditions in Haitian Culture by Brian Mecham
(Salt Lake City, Utah).- Our Weakest Link
by Adam Wilkins (Salt Lake City, Utah)                                                         

Information

A Brief Description of the Vadastra Project (2000-2002)
by Dragos Gheorghiu                                                 
Student Anthropology Day, 4  April 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah               
                  
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