<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this study we have resumed the problem of Neolithic settlements with a complex architecture (defense systems with ditches, palisades, towers, bastions; residential buildings; cult constructions; social constructions) which support the idea of a proto-urban organization since the PPN. We have analyzed current definitions of cities and fairs, which mainly reflect situations from classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, but they cannot be applied to prehistoric realities, which, according to interdisciplinary research, offer another perspective. We also believe that religion too has played an important part in these sites, some of them being real centers of worship.</p></abstract>

In this study we have resumed the problem of Neolithic settlements with a complex architecture (defense systems with ditches, palisades, towers, bastions; residential buildings; cult constructions; social constructions) which support the idea of a proto-urban organization since the PPN. We have analyzed current definitions of cities and fairs, which mainly reflect situations from classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, but they cannot be applied to prehistoric realities, which, according to interdisciplinary research, offer another perspective. We also believe that religion too has played an important part in these sites, some of them being real centers of worship.

Are there cities and fairs in the neolithic? Part I – from PPN to late Neolithic (Part II is refering to Copper Age)

Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis

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In this study we have resumed the problem of Neolithic settlements with a complex architecture (defense systems with ditches, palisades, towers, bastions;...

Are there cities and fairs in the neolithic? Part I – from PPN to late Neolithic (Part II is refering to Copper Age)

Publié en ligne: 14 oct. 2020

Pages: 22 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/actatr-2019-0002

Mots clés
fortifications, defensive ditches, palisades, fairs, proto-urban, bastions, temples, sanctuaries, conclaves

© 2019 Gheorghe Lazarovici, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Are there cities and fairs in the neolithic? Part I – from PPN to late Neolithic (Part II is refering to Copper Age)

Publié en ligne: 14 oct. 2020

Pages: 22 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/actatr-2019-0002

Mots clésfortifications, defensive ditches, palisades, fairs, proto-urban, bastions, temples, sanctuaries, conclaves

© 2019 Gheorghe Lazarovici, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
fortifications, defensive ditches, palisades, fairs, proto-urban, bastions, temples, sanctuaries, conclaves