Breaking and making bodies and pots
Subtitle: material and ritual practices in Sweden in the third millenium BC
By: Åsa M. Larsson
Series: Aun -- 40
Publisher: Uppsala universitet
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
ISBN-13: 9789150620924
Subjects: Burial; Corded Ware culture; Tombs; Antiquities; Neolithic period; Pitted Ware culture; Prehistoric Pottery; History
Other titles: Breaking & making bodies and pots
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 2009.

"In South Sweden the third millennium BC is characterised by coastal settlements of marine hunter-gatherers known as the Pitted Ware culture, and inland settlements of the Battle Axe culture. This thesis outlines the history of research of the Middle Neolithic B in general and that of the pottery and burial practices in particular."--Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-455).
Table of contents: title: Introduction and outline; title: Interpreting stone age societies; title: Diverse cultures, cultural diversity; title: Pitted ware culture pottery traditions; title: Battle axe culture pottery traditions; title: Making material culture; title: Making a pitted ware pot; title: Making a battle axe beaker; title: Dealing with dead bodies; title: Bodies from bones: ritual practice at Bollbacken; title: Pottery traditions of the Middle Neolithic B; title: Encultured bodies and embodied rituals; title: Material and ritual practices in the Middle Neolithic B.