The prehistory of the Aegean, Balkans, and Carpathian Basin has changed dramatically in
the last two decades. This review covers five aspects of these changes:(a) the development …

Comparison of two Turkish Neolithic sites with rich symbolism, Çatalhöyük and Göbekli,
suggests widespread and long-lasting themes in the early settled communities of the region …

The aim of this chapter is to situate the symbolism and ritual at Catalhoyuk in the wider
context of eastern Turkey and the Middle East. The rich symbolism at the site has already …

Investigations of a balk in the centre of the prehistoric settlement of Džuljunica-Smărdeš
comprised a sequence of archaeological deposits from the very onset of Neolithisation in …

Abstract The Neolithic (c. 6300–4500 BC) and early–middle Copper Age (c. 4500–3500 BC)
in south-east Europe offer one of the largest mortuary samples in European prehistory. This …

The carved wooden object uncovered from the Shigir peat bog in the Sverdlovsk region
towards the end of the nineteenth century remains one of the oldest, known examples of …

This chapter discusses the diverse approaches to fired clay figurines from the Neolithic of
southeastern Europe (6500–3500 bp) and suggests that although significant progress has …

Studies of figurines were once considered the terrain of the traditional and art historical
approaches, being almost entirely descriptive rather than archaeological, interdisciplinary …

This article offers a comprehensive survey of figurative finds from Neolithic northern Europe.
The survey shows that the immediate absence of figurative representation in the region is …

In 1890 the so called “Shigir Idol” was found in a peat bog and for a long time discussion on
the dating of the wooden sculpture was going on. In the 1990s first conventional radiocarbon …