Past Societies: Human Development in Landscapes

The Kiel Graduate School 'Human Development in Landscapes' has conducted research on socio-environmental issues of past societies during the last years. From the North Atlantic to the Persian Gulf and from Peru to the Near East, different attempts on the interfluve of environments and societies in landscapes describe certain historical moments and processes in which the interplay of ecological and societal factors is entangled. Events, processes and structures are described on local, regional and global scales as well as methodological developments on ecological and societal archives. The selected case studies are linked by the general idea of the ability to integrate discovery, documentation, description and interpretation within the scope of analyses and synthesis. Thus, the interdisciplinary framework of the Kiel Graduate School formed the agenda for a holistic approach. 'Landscapes of power', transitions during neolithisation processes, maritime and other networks, site formation dynamics, 'landscapes of identities' and the 'making of heritage' are only a few topics included in this book. The closeness of human behaviour in certain environmental conditions becomes obvious despite the often huge distance in time and space. At the same time, one of the strengths of humanistic science becomes apparent: its commitment to a culture of knowledge across borders. Contents

Institute Of Prehistoric And Protohistoric Archaeology, Cau Kiel (Present). Previous Affiliations In Chronological Order: Studies Of Pre- And Protohistoric Archaeology In Freiburg And Edinburgh, Phd 1990, Habilitation 1998, Professor At University Bamberg, Free University Berlin, University Freiburg, Coordinator Of The Kiel Graduate School 'Human Development In Landscapes' 2007-; Speaker Of The Johanna-Mestorf-Academy 2011-; Speaker Of The Collaborative Research Centre 1266 'Scales Of Transformation: Human-Environmental Interaction In Prehistoric And Archaic Societies 2016-.

Key Publications:
Müller Et Al. 2009: J. Müller/T. Seregély/C. Becker/A.-M. Christensen/M. Fuchs/H. Kroll/D. Mischka/U. Schüssler, A Revision Of Corded Ware Settlement Pattern - New Results From The Central European Low Mountain Range. Proceedings Of The Prehistoric Society 75, 2009, 125-142.

Müller 2012: J. Müller, Aspenstedt-Großer Berg. Ein Spätneolithisches Grab Mit Kupfernem Nietdolch - Hinweis Auf Eine "Verpasste" Innovation. Prähistorische Zeitschrift 87, 2012, 44-57.

Lee Et Al. 2012: E.j. Lee/C. Makarewicz/R. Renneberg/M. Harder/B. Krause-Kyora/S. Müller/S. Ostritz/ L. Fehren-Schmitz/S. Schreiber/J. Müller/N. Von Wurmb-Schwark/A. Nebel, Emerging Genetic Patterns Of The European Neolithic. Perspectives From A Late Neolithic Bell Beaker Burial Site In Germany. American Journal Of Physical Anthropology 148, 2012, 571-579.

Müller Et Al. 2013: J. Müller/K. Rassmann/R. Hofmann, Okoliste 1 - Untersuchungen Einer Spätneolithischen Siedlungskammer In Zentralbosnien. Neolithikum Und Chalkolithikum In Zentralbosnien 1. Universitätsforschungen Zur Prähistorischen Archäologie (Bonn 2013).

Müller 2014: J. Müller, 4100-2700 B.c. Monuments And Ideologies In The Neolithic Landscape. In: J.f. Osborne (Ed.), Approaching Monumentality In Archaeology (New York 2014) 181-217.

Müller/Peterson 2015: J. Müller/R. Peterson, Ceramics And Society In Northern Europe. In: C. Fowler/J. Harding/D. Hofmann (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook Of Neolithic Europe (Oxford 2015).

Müller Et Al. 2015: J. Müller/M. Hinz/M. Ullrich, Bell Beakers - Chronology, Innovation And Memory. A Multivariate Approach. In: M. P.p. Martinez/L. Salanova (Eds.), The Bell Beaker Transition In Europe (Oxford 2015) 57-68.

Müller 2015: J. Müller, 8 Million Neolithic Europeans. Social Demography And Social Archaeology On The Scope Of Change - From The Near East To Scandinavia. In: K. Kristiansen/L. Smejda/J. Turek (Eds.), Paradigm Change (Oxford 2015) 200-214.

Müller 2015: J. Müller, Movement Of Plants, Animals, Ideas And People. Southeast-European Neolithic And Chalcolithic. In: C. Fowler/J. Harding/D. Hofmann (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook Of Neolithic Europe (Oxford 2015) 63-80.

Müller Et Al. 2016: J. Müller/K. Rassmann/M. Videiko, Trypillia Mega-Sites And European Prehistory: 4100- 3400 Bce. Themes In Contemporary Archaeology (London 2016).

Müller Et Al. 2017: J. Müller/V.p.j. Arponen/R. Hofmann/R. Ohlrau, The Appearance Of Social Inequalities: Cases Of Neolithic And Chalcolithic Societies. Origini 38 2015-2, 65-86.

Müller 2017: J. Müller, Rebellion And Inequality: Hierarchy And Balance. In: S. Hansen/J. Müller (Eds.), Rebellion And Inequality In Archaeology (Bonn 2017) 23-32.

Andrea Ricci is an archaeologist specialised in the study of the prehistory of Southwestern Asia. He completed his first MA studies at La Sapienza University in Rome (Italy) and then he received a second MA degree at Durham University (UK). After completing his PhD in the framework of the Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" at Kiel University, he held a post-doctoral position at the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute. He is currently a scientific coordinator of the Cluster of Excellence ROOTS at Kiel University. He has conducted field projects in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Syria.

His main research topics include the investigation of Holocene human-environmental dynamics, the process of neolithisation, and the emergence of the first forms of social and economic complexity.