Palaeolithic Central and Eastern Europe

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Farbstein
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Figurative Art ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Palaeolithic Art

This chapter discusses the rich archaeological record of Upper Palaeolithic symbolic material culture from sites in Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, it focuses on art and ornaments excavated from sites in Czech Republic, Austria, Ukraine, and Russia. Following a review of some influential and provocative interpretations of the most frequently discussed figurative art, in particular the so-called ‘Venus’ figurines, it proposes new contextual frameworks that facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the diverse records of symbolic material culture, which include large quantities of zoomorphic, non-figurative art, and ornaments which have been the focus of relatively less research to date. Furthermore, it argues for the need for more nuanced approaches to the study of Palaeolithic art, particularly those which recognize that the socially embedded production of art could offer as much insight into these assemblages as the traditional approaches which focus on the iconography or appearance of the most aesthetically striking figurines.

Comprehensive insight into the food safety climate in Central and Eastern Europe

Food Control ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 107238
Author(s):  
Igor Tomasevic ◽  
Danijela Bursać Kovačević ◽  
Anet Režek Jambrak ◽  
Szendrő Zsolt ◽  
Antonella Dalle Zotte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Landforms and rural development: The evolution of human settlements at alpine alluvial fans in the Admont Valley, Austria, since 1784 AD

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-43
Author(s):  
Andreas KELLERER-PIRKLBAUER ◽  
Julia EULENSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Alluvial Fans ◽  
Spatial Analyses ◽  
Hazard Zonation ◽  
Risk Zones ◽  
Zonation Maps ◽  
Francis I ◽  
Insight Into

We used two historical maps that cover vast areas of central and eastern Europe at rather large scale dating to 1784 (First Military Survey of the Habsburg Empire; total extent 640,000 km²; scale 1: 28,800) and 1824 (cadastral land register of Francis I; 670,000 km²; 1: 2,880) to extracted individual buildings located at several alluvial fans in one valley in Austria (Admont Valley). Historic buildings were mapped and compared with present building (airborne–laserscanning based; 2008–2017), geomorphic (landform distribution), geomorphodynamic (documented damaging events at torrents), and spatial planning (hazard zonation maps) data. Results show that 69.2% of all present buildings are located at only 7% of the study area. Whereas the 1784–data are too inaccurate and unprecise for detailed spatial analyses, the 1824–data are very accurate and precise allowing spatial and socio–economic insight into the population and building evolution over a 190–year period. Results show for instance that despite a tremendous increase in buildings (911 in 1824; 3554 in 2008–2017), the proportion of buildings exposed to torrents–related natural hazards significantly decreased by 10.4% for yellow (moderate–risk) and by 13.7% for red (high–risk) zones. Similar historio–geomorphological studies as presented here might be accomplished in other countries in central and eastern Europe covered by the indicated historical map products.

Comparative Law in Central and Eastern Europe

2019 ◽  
pp. 180-200
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Kühn
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich History

The region of Central and Eastern Europe covers many of the European nations east of Germany. The dominant nation of the region is Russia. Between Russia and Germany there are, first, a number of small nations composing the region known as Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia); second, the nations which formed the western part of the Soviet Union; and, third, the states on the Balkan peninsula. This article shows the rich history of comparative law before the installment of communist regimes, such as the era of Stalin, and then discusses comparative law under communism and the role and status of comparative law after the fall of communist rule.

Development of Comparative Law in Central and Eastern Europe

2006 ◽  
pp. 214-236
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Kühn
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Rich History

The region of Central and Eastern Europe covers many of the European nations east of Germany. The dominant nation of the region is Russia. Between Russia and Germany there are, first, a number of small nations composing the region known as Central Europe (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia); second, the nations which formed the western part of the Soviet Union; and, third, the states on the Balkan peninsula. This article shows the rich history of comparative law before the installment of communist regimes, such as the era of Stalin, and then discusses comparative law under communism and the role and status of comparative law after the fall of communist rule.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Central and Eastern Europe Economies in the Years 2007-2010 Based on the Model of the Macroeconomic Stabilization Pentagon

Equilibrium ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Żuchowska
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Macroeconomic Stabilization ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators ◽  
Insight Into

The model of the macroeconomic stabilisation pentagon allows for a quick insight into the most important macroeconomic indicators of an economy in question. On the basis of this concept - comparing pentagrams for particular years - changes of the economic condition of countries can be examined. Moreover, the analysis of each of the adopted criteria allows for the evaluation of achievement of particular goals by a country in terms of its economic policy. The aim of this article is to describe the condition of Central and Eastern Europe countries in the years 2007-2010. The economies analysed were compared at two levels. The first level concerned the macroeconomic situation of all economies in particular years just before and during the global economic crisis. At the second level, the changes in the analysed indicators in particular economies of Central and Eastern Europe were compared. The results of the analysis shall contribute to the formulation of conclusions concerning the influence of the financial crisis upon the macroeconomic situation of the CEE countries.

scholarly journals A Ritual Feature with Bell Beaker Elements in a Late Neolithic Hunter-Gatherer Campsite in North-Eastern Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Dariusz Manasterski ◽  
Katarzyna Januszek ◽  
Adam Wawrusiewicz ◽  
Aleksandra Klecha
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
Western Group ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Bell Beaker ◽  
The Bronze Age

The ephemeral nature of religious practices and rituals makes them challenging to trace in the archaeological record of Late Neolithic hunter-gatherer communities in central and eastern Europe. A ritual feature with Bell Beaker elements discovered in north-eastern Poland, a region occupied by hunter-gatherer groups of the Neman cultural circle, is thus exceptional. Its syncretic character indicates its role as a harbinger of wider cultural change that led to the emergence in this region of the western group of the Bronze Age Trzciniec cultural circle.

The Meaning of Judaeus and the Myth of Jewish Male Menses in a Late Medieval Astronomical School Text

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
C. Philipp E. Nothaft
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Late Medieval ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Manuscript Tradition ◽  
School Text ◽  
Unique Manner ◽  
The Rich

Abstract The article introduces and explores a new source on Christian hostility towards Jews during the late Middle Ages. It comes in the shape of a commentary on a Computus Judaicus, which was used as a quadrivial school text in Central and Eastern Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Based on an examination of the rich manuscript tradition, it will be demonstrated how the text contributed to the evolution of the trope of Jewish male menstruation, which is here tied, in a unique manner, to an exposition of the Jewish calendar as a method of lunar reckoning.

“Is This Not Just Nationalism?” Disentangling the Threads of Folk Costumes in the History of Central and Eastern Europe

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Corinne Geering
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Industrial Education ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
National Movements ◽  
History Of

Abstract This article critically examines the prevalent nationalist interpretation of historical images featuring textiles from rural regions. In an effort to disentangle the threads of folk costumes, it proposes a conscious unlearning of the way we read images of rural material culture from the late 19th century. This period has entered historiography as a period of intensifying national movements and political use of rural culture, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. So-called folk costumes have been viewed as a symbolic representation of the nation, whereas their broader social and economic role in the history of industrial society has been overshadowed. By bringing together the production, collection, and exhibition of rural material culture, this article reveals processes in industrial society that shaped the modern history of folk costumes. It draws on late-19th-century source material stemming from a network centered in Prague that promoted textiles from rural Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, and Galicia as ethno-commodities. Textiles were integrated into women’s industrial education and presented at events promoting national economy and the latest technological innovations. Thus, this article contributes to nationalism studies by discussing capitalism and industrialism and seeks to further scrutinize the history of nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe.

IRON AGE MORTUARY PRACTICES AND MATERIAL CULTURE AT THE INLAND CEMETERY OF TSIKALARIO ON NAXOS: DIFFERENTIATION AND CONNECTIVITY

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 143-198
Author(s):  
Xenia Charalambidou
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Mortuary Practices ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Mortuary Practice ◽  
The People ◽  
Insight Into

Naxos, the largest of the Cycladic islands, offers a nuanced insight into Iron Age funerary behaviour in the Cyclades and relations between social groups as reflected in the archaeological record. The focus of this paper is the cemetery of Tsikalario in the hinterland of the island, with emphasis on two burial contexts which exhibit a range of activities related to funerary ceremonies and the consumption of grave-offerings. The grave-tumuli found in the Tsikalario cemetery comprise a mortuary ‘phenomenon’ not found otherwise on Naxos during the Early Iron Age. Such a differentiation in mortuary practice can be interpreted as a strategy used by the people of inland Naxos to distinguish their funerary habits from the more typical Naxian practices of, for example, the inhabitants of the coastal Naxos harbour town. This distinctive funerary practice can speak in favour of an attempt by the kinship group(s) that buried their deceased in the cemetery of Tsikalario to articulate status and identity. Beyond these tumuli, evidence from a different type of grave context at Tsikalario – Cist Grave 11 and its vicinity (Burial Context 11) – offers an additional example of a well-thought-out staging of funerary beliefs in the inland region of Naxos. Not only does it illustrate the coexistence of other types of burials in the cemetery, but, alongside the tumuli and their finds, it also demonstrates, through the symbolic package of the grave-offerings and the multifaceted network of interactions they reveal, that inland Naxos participated in the intra- and supra-island circulation of wares and ideas.

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