Published by Maney (c) European Association of Archaeologists scale that a wattle-and-daub house was a fireproof construction, so that additional energy in the form of increased human effort and large quantities of fuel were essential in order to fire it with results similar to the material found in the archaeological record. Thus, they support the intentionality of the process of com- bustion. This is a problem that archaeologists have confronted for decades regarding the Chalcolithic of Southeastern Europe in connection with the horizons of fired houses found there and the series of burnt skeletons discovered inside them, particu- larly in the Cucuteni-Tripolje tradition. House combustion might have served, therefore, as a dramatic ritual for the intentional demolition of the house and as a funerary ritual as well, particularly in the context of the Cucuteni-Tripolje tradition. Covering a wide geographical area and an even wider chronological time span, this volume touches on a number of issues concerning Neolithic and Chalcolithic architecture in Eurasia. Starting from the structural forms adopted and the building techniques applied, then moving on to the use of space, the transformation of the forms according to social, economic, and cultural changes, and even to their inten- tional destruction, the contributors are able – through a clear presentation – to shape the context for future large-scale analysis of the subjects treated here and to pose new questions about research still in progress. They make an interesting and stimulating contribution to the study of the complex and much debated subject of prehistoric architecture and offer a signifi- cant range of bibliographical references and illustrations for interested readers. Not least, this is a timely volume which goes a long way towards making an important corpus of data available for archaeologists concerned with what lies beyond the borders of their countries, while its text makes for interesting reading and represents a thoughtful approach and a serious over- view of the recent state of research in this aspect of Eurasian archaeology. STELLA KALTSOGIANNI Department of Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece DOI 10.1179/146195712X13419103979557 Janusz K. Kozłowski and Pál Raczky, eds. Neolithization of the Carpathian Basin: North- ernmost Distribution of the Starc ̌ evo/Kö rö s Culture (Papers presented on the Symposium organized by the EU Project FEPRE ‘The Formation of Europe: Prehistoric Population Dynamics and the Roots of Socio-Cultural Diversity’. Cracow-Budapest: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences Cracow, Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the Eö tvö s Loránd University Budapest, 2010 364pp., 157 colour figs., 38 b/w figs., 27 tables, hbk, ISBN 978-83-7676-045-2) John Chapman, ed. From Surface Collection to Prehistoric Lifeways: Making Sense of the Multi-Period Site of Orlovo, South East Bulgaria (Oxford and Oakville: Oxbow Books, 2010 180pp., 81 b/w figs., 8 colour plates, 34 tables, hbk, ISBN-13 978-1-84217-391-6) Dragos ̧ Gheorghiu and Ann Cyphers, eds. Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Miniature Figures in Eurasia, Africa and Meso-America: Morphology, Materiality, Technology, 534 European Journal of Archaeology 15 (3) 2012