Rethinking Key Transformations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Europe: A Radiocarbon Modeling Approach
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12210%2F25%3A43910421" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12210/25:43910421 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10814-025-09216-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10814-025-09216-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10814-025-09216-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10814-025-09216-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Rethinking Key Transformations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age Central Europe: A Radiocarbon Modeling Approach
Original language description
The past two decades have revolutionized our understanding of European prehistory, shaping new grand narratives focused on core regions with rich archaeological records. These studies suggest that major sociocultural shifts in central Europe, such as the Early Neolithic transition to farming, the spread of steppe ancestry during the Late Neolithic, and the rise of complexity at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, were synchronous across extensive territories. However, peripheral areas, like uplands and vast wetlands, remain understudied despite indications of alternative developmental trajectories. Their role in broader prehistoric frameworks remains poorly understood. This paper critically reassesses these narratives by analyzing a dataset of nearly 900 radiocarbon measurements from five environmentally distinct regions in the heartland of central Europe. Using Bayesian chronological modeling and the concept of the inner periphery derived from world-systems analysis, we move beyond traditional cultural classifications to explore regional diversity in key Neolithic and Early Bronze Age transformations. Our findings reveal a significantly delayed adoption of novel practices in upland regions, challenging the notion of simultaneous and homogeneous change. This study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between core and peripheral regions, offering new perspectives on past sociocultural dynamics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA21-16614S" target="_blank" >GA21-16614S: At the fringe of the neolithization: strategies of the first farmers of South Bohemia</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
ISSN
1059-0161
e-ISSN
1573-7756
Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Neuvedeno
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
58
Pages from-to
"Neuvedeno"
UT code for WoS article
001634592200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105024681448