% pubman genre = article @article{item_3375970, title = {{Between archaeology and anthropology: Imagining Neolithic settlements}}, author = {Kv{\v{e}}tina, Petr and Hrn{\v{c}}{\'\i}{\v{r}}, Vaclav}, language = {eng}, issn = {0323-1119}, url = {http://puvodni.mzm.cz/Anthropologie/citation.php?ID{\textbraceleft}\textequals{\textbraceright}1514}, publisher = {Moravian Museum}, address = {Brno}, year = {2013}, date = {2013}, abstract = {{Modelling of the Neolithic settlements space of the Central Danubian Europe, regardless of its landscape{\textless}br{\textgreater}or village scopes, is always linked with longhouses. This is supposed to be a feature which structured the culture of{\textless}br{\textgreater}early farmers. Two important aspects of the Neolithic house {\textendash} its profane social complexity on one hand, and its{\textless}br{\textgreater}sacred quality on the other {\textendash} have been highlighted many times. But on what data can we infer its original{\textless}br{\textgreater}appearance, function and duration? The find context is limited in terms of the original wooden construction, the{\textless}br{\textgreater}archaeological imprint of which consists solely in a system of post holes. The aim of this text is therefore to present{\textless}br{\textgreater}the existence of ethnographic parallels of the Central European Neolithic longhouses. Our purpose is certainly not{\textless}br{\textgreater}to create direct analogies, but to induce basic imagination. Three particular cultural areas and the local populations{\textless}br{\textgreater}show that the dwelling form could have had many features (e.g. construction of post, rectangular ground plan, roof{\textless}br{\textgreater}form) in common with the original Neolithic houses. Both ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological evidence also re-{\textless}br{\textgreater}open the issue of the so far unconfirmed construction properties of the long Neolithic houses (e.g. construction{\textless}br{\textgreater}material, floor level). Other, culture dependent features observed at ethnographic cases (number of inhabitants,{\textless}br{\textgreater}length flexibility, and lifespan) could contribute to creation of archaeologically testable interpretation models}}, journal = {{Anthropologie : International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution}}, volume = {51}, number = {2}, pages = {323--347}, }