2 Example: Egalitarian social formation in the Balkan Neolithic ? Case study Central Bosnia (5300 -4400 cal BC) Social reconstruction of 2. 1 intra-site relationships of households 2. 2 communal activities at site-level 2. 3 inter-site relations within a settlement region 2. 4 interaction between settlement regions
2 Example: Egalitarian social formation in the Balkan Neolithic ? Case study Central Bosnia (5300 -4400 cal BC)
Neolithic social structures Visoko basin and settlement mounds (5300 -4500 cal BC)
Okolište 4900 BC Okoliste 4900 BC Egalitarian or stratified society?
Okolište 4900 BC Political economy of household production: Economy proxy artefacts Specialisation proxy differences Dependencies proxy exchange necessities Identities proxy sign systems Household: Houses and house places Example: house place A; successive houses 3 -1
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC Production of ritual capital weaving DECORATION ZONES: Production of cultural capital Production of economic capital
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC Ceramics (kg) Artefacts (n) 18 117 70 399 Alpha-households? Male or female? 36 147 30 147 weaving 41 391 40 105 5 56
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC Economically most active households + Weaving + Ritual knowledge
2. 1 Intra-site relationships of households: Okolište 4900 BC
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