Propylaeum

Monographien des RGZM, Vol. 81

The aim of this study is to gain information about changes in the social organization of the population of Europe in the period between 15000 B.C. and 5000 B.C. by means of the development of house building and the spatial organization of dwelling places. This period was characterized by drastic environmental changes, which caused the hunter-gatherer groups to adapt not only their subsistence strategy and mobility, but possibly also the size of their groups, each of which formed house and probably also economic communities.