Further Reading:
Introduction to the Neolithic and to the themes of the Exhibition
• C. Renfrew, Problems of European Prehistory, Edinburgh, 1979
• A. Whittle, Europe in the Neolithic: the Creation of New Worlds. Cambridge University Press, 1996
• A. Sherratt, Economy and society in prehistoric Europe: changing perspectives. Princeton, 1997
• J. Chapman, Fragmentation in Archaeology: People, Places, and Broken Objects in the Prehistory of southeastern Europe. London, 2000
Figurines
• B. Bartel, Cultural Associations and Mechanisms of Change in Anthropomorphic Figurines during the Neolithic in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin.
World Archaeology, 13, No. 1, 1981, 73-86
Archaeology, 13, No. 1, 1981, 73-86
• M. Gimbutas, The Living Goddesses. Los Angeles 1999
• D.W. Bailey, Prehistoric Figurines: Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic. London and New York, 2005
• C.M. Lazarovici, Anthropomorphic Statuettes from Cucuteni-Tripolye: Some Signs and Symbols. Documenta Preistorica, XXXII, 2005, 145-154
Settlements, Houses, and Households
• T. Taylor, Aspects of Settlement Diversity and Its Classification in Southeast Europe before the Roman Period. World Archaeology, 19, No.1, 1987, 1-22
• D. Bailey, A. Whittle, V. Cumming eds. (Un)settling the Neolithic. Oxford, 2005
Pintadera
• J. Makkay, Early Stamp Seals in South-East Europe. Budapest, 1984
• R. Skeates, Neolithic Stamps: Cultural Patterns, Processes and Potencies. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 17, No.2, 2007, 183-198
Cucuteni Culture in all its Aspects
• L. Ellis. The Cucuteni-Tripolye Culture: A Study in Technology and the Origins of Complex Society. Oxford 1984
• G. Dumitroaia et alii, Cucuteni: 120 ans de recherches. Le temps du bilan; 120 years of research: time to sum up. Piatra-Neam?, 2005
Varna, Bulgaria
• I. Ivanov, M. Avramova, Varna Necropolis. The Dawn of European Civilization. Sofia, 2000
Indo-Europeans and relations with the Neolithic Cultures
• I. Manzura, Steps to the Steppes: or, how the North Pontic region was Colonised. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 24 No.4, 2005, 313-338
• D. Anthony, The horse, the wheel, and language: how Bronze-Age riders from the Eurasian steppes shaped the modern world. Princeton, 2007
Recent Exhibitions Catalogues (with extensive discussions on Pottery Production)
• K. Ciuk ed. Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine. The Remarkable Trypilian Culture, 5400-2700 BC. Royal Ontario Museum, 2008
• L. Stratulat ed. Cucuteni-Trypillia: A Great Civilization of Old Europe. Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome-Vatican, 16 September-31 October 2008. Rome, 2008
• Neolithic Art in Romania. Naples, 2008
• C. Mantu, G. Dumitroaia, A. Tsaravopoulos eds. Cucuteni: The Last Great Chalcolithic Civilization of Europe. Thessaloniki, 1997
The “Steppe People’ and the Giurgiulesti Cemetery
• M. Levine, Y. Rassamakin, A. Kislenko, N. Tatarintseva eds. Late Prehistoric Exploitation of the Eurasian Steppe. Cambridge, 1999
Metallurgy
• E.F. Pernicka et alii. Prehistoric Copper in Bulgaria: Its Composition and Provenance. Eurasia Antiqua, 3, 1997, 41-179
