Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Central European Neolithic Archaeology

The proceedings of the 'Theory and Method in Archaeology of the Neolithic (7th - 3rd millennium BC)' conference held in Mikulov, Czech Republic, October 2010. Contents: Preface (Jan Kolár and Frantisek Trampota); 1) Explaining Cultural Elaboration in the Middle and Late Linear Pottery Culture: Application of the Waste Hypothesis (Mateusz Krupski); 2) New Approaches to the Reconstruction of Kinship and Social Structure Based on Bioarchaeological Analysis of Neolithic Multiple and Collective Graves (Christian Meyer, Robert Ganslmeier, Veit Dresely, Kurt W. Alt); 3) Secondary Mortuary Practices During the Late Eneolithic in Moravia, Czech Republic: State of Knowledge, History Of Research, Terminology and Interpretations (Jan Kolár); 4) Pedogeochemical Investigation of Bell Beaker Culture Graves from Hodonice and Tesetice-Kyjovice, Moravia, Czech Republic (Jan Petrík et al.); 5) Flints Versus Lists: Lithic Industries of Early Farming Communities in Central Europe and Classification Tools (Maciej Ehlert); 6) Grave Typology and Chronology of a Lengyel Culture Settlement: Formalized Methods in Archaeological Data Processing (Peter Demján); 7) Ceramics From the 'Sutny' LBK Settlement at Tesetice-Kyjovice, Moravia, Czech Republic: Processing and Statistical Analyses (Ivana Vostrovská, Lubomír Prokes); 8) Early Neolithic Settlement in the Area of Melk, Lower Austria: the Survey of an LBK 'Siedlungskammer' (Joris Coolen).