Sedentism as a Process of Innovation. Technologicaland Social Perspectives on the ArchitecturalDevelopment of a Bronze Age Settlement System
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In der zweiten Hälfte des zweiten Jts. v. Chr. zeigen sich in vielen Gebieten Eurasiens nach einer langen Epoche mobiler Lebensweise wieder permanente Ansiedlungen. Zwischen dem Schwarzem Meer, dem Kaukasus und dessen Nachbargebirgen entstehen neue Siedlungstypen, die ganz oder teilweise aus Stein errichtet sind. Insbesondere im Kaukasus bildet sich eine neue Architekturtradition mit komplexen, multifunktionalen Häusern heraus. Die Steinarchitektur wurde möglicherweise nicht im Kaukasus entwickelt, doch lässt sich hier ein kreativer Umgang mit dem neuen Baustoff beobachten. Fast über ein Jahrtausend hinweg sind immer wieder Innovationsschübe fassbar, die einerseits technische Lösungen im Wohnbau abbilden und andererseits das Reagieren auf soziale Bedürfnisse, die mit den neuen Wohnformen entstanden.
In the second half of the second millennium BC, many areas of Western Eurasia witnessed the return to a settled lifestyle after a long epoch of mobile life. Between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, and neighbouring mountains, a new type of settlements arose. Particular in the Caucasian mountains an architectural tradition emerged that involved the permanent building material stone for the construction of very sophisticated multifunctional buildings. Stone architecture probably was not invented in the Caucasus, but the innovation once adopted fell on fruitful ground. Over nearly one thousand years of recurring leaps of innovations can be followed. This article discusses the dialectics of these innovative leaps as well as between the development of new technical solutions and new social demands in building as well as dwelling.
In the second half of the second millennium BC, many areas of Western Eurasia witnessed the return to a settled lifestyle after a long epoch of mobile life. Between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, and neighbouring mountains, a new type of settlements arose. Particular in the Caucasian mountains an architectural tradition emerged that involved the permanent building material stone for the construction of very sophisticated multifunctional buildings. Stone architecture probably was not invented in the Caucasus, but the innovation once adopted fell on fruitful ground. Over nearly one thousand years of recurring leaps of innovations can be followed. This article discusses the dialectics of these innovative leaps as well as between the development of new technical solutions and new social demands in building as well as dwelling.
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Innovation, Architektur, Kaukasus, Bronzezeit, Architektursoziologie, Bauen, Wohnen, innovation, Architecture, Caucasus, Bronze Age, Architektursoziologie, building, dwelling
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930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499
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Reinhold, Sabine.(2017). Sedentism as a Process of Innovation. Technologicaland Social Perspectives on the ArchitecturalDevelopment of a Bronze Age Settlement System. The Interplay of People and Technologies. 161-203. 10.18452/5392