@inproceedings{Ασλάνης_2003, title={Η “αφανής” χαλκολιθική εποχή στην Ελλάδα: μια άλλη μεθοδολογική προσέγγιση}, archiveLocation={Τομέας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας - Επιστημονικό έργο}, url={https://hdl.handle.net/10442/14087}, abstractNote={The term “Chalcolithic” for being representative of a period (a) must define a fixed time-scale and (b) must include a group (an amount) of activities, different or differentiated from those of the previous Neolithic and the following Early Bronze Age periods. Between the two existing tendencies, the second one, using socioeconomic criteria, is in advance than the technological one, because it derives its criteria from changes existing in the whole spectrum of the activity of the prehistoric man, and considers the introduction of the new material (copper) as a part of an expanded technological evolution. According to these criteria, an update research has recognized a lot of elements, setting the begin of the Chalcolithic period in Greece at the first quarter of the 5th millennium (ca 4800 cal. BC) continuing to the end of the 4th millenium, to the begin of the Early Bronze Age. The phases Otzaki and classic Dimini (maybe also the earlier phases Agia Sofia and Saliagos), considered till now as Neolithic, include most of these new characteristics and can be defined as the first stages of the Chalcolithic period. These early start, at the same time, or even earlier than in Balkan, is expected, because (a) Greece is from the geophysical and cultural point of view very close to the Asia Minor, where at the same time the Chalcolithic period goes through an already advantaged phase, and (b) the Neolithic background in Greece is mature enough to accept the new ideas and technologies coming from the East (Fig. 2).}, booktitle={Η προϊστορική έρευνα στην Ελλάδα και οι προοπτικές της: Θεωρητικοί και μεθοδολογικοί προβληματισμοί: Πρακτικά διεθνούς συμποσίου στη μνήμη του Δ. Ρ. Θεοχάρη: Θεσσαλονίκη - Καστοριά, 26 - 28 Νοεμβρίου 1998}, publisher={University Studio Press}, author={Ασλάνης, Ιωάννης}, editor={Βούλγαρη, ΕυαγγελίαEditor}, year={2003}, pages={37–46} }