Ceramic Traditions And Technical Borrowings In The Senegal Valley
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Ceramic Traditions And Technical Borrowings In The Senegal Valley
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Author : Agnès Gelbert
language : en
Publisher: Les Editions de la MSH
Release Date : 2003
Ceramic Traditions And Technical Borrowings In The Senegal Valley written by Agnès Gelbert and has been published by Les Editions de la MSH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Céramique mandingue categories.
Keramikherstellung - Tradition - Ethnografie - Senegal.
Ceramics And Society
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Author : Valentine Roux
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-02-14
Ceramics And Society written by Valentine Roux and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-14 with Social Science categories.
Pottery is the most ubiquitous find in most historical archaeological excavations and serves as the basis for much research in the discipline. But it is not only its frequency that makes it a prime dataset for such research, it is also that pottery embeds many dimensions of the human experience, ranging from the purely technical to the eminently symbolic. The aim of this book is to provide a cutting-edge theoretical and methodological framework, as well as a practical guide, for archaeologists, students and researchers to study ceramic assemblages. As opposed to the conventional typological approach, which focuses on vessel shape and assumed function with the main goal of establishing a chronological sequence, the proposed framework is based on the technological approach. Such an approach utilizes the concept of chaîne opératoire, which is geared to an anthropological interpretation of archaeological objects. The author offers a sound theoretical background accompanied by an original research strategy whose presentation is at the heart of this book. This research strategy is presented in successive chapters that are geared to explain not only how to study archaeological assemblages, but also why the proposed methods are essential for achieving ambitious interpretive goals. In the heated debate on the equation stating that “pots equal people”, which is a rather fuzzy reference to assumed relationships between (mostly) ethnic groups and pottery, technology enables us to propose with conviction the equation “pots equal potters”. In this way, a well-founded history of potters is able to achieve a much better cultural and anthropological understanding of ancient societies.
Cultural Transmission And Material Culture
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Author : Miriam T. Stark
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2022-07-12
Cultural Transmission And Material Culture written by Miriam T. Stark and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-12 with Social Science categories.
How and why people develop, maintain, and change cultural boundaries through time are central issues in the social and behavioral sciences in generaland anthropological archaeology in particular. What factors influence people to imitate or deviate from the behaviors of other group members? How are social group boundaries produced, perpetuated, and altered by the cumulative outcomeof these decisions? Answering these questions is fundamental to understanding cultural persistence and change. The chapters included in this stimulating, multifaceted book address these questions. Working in several subdisciplines, contributors report on research in the areas of cultural boundaries, cultural transmission, and the socially organized nature of learning. Boundaries are found not only within and between the societies in these studies but also within and between the communities of scholars who study them. To break down these boundaries, this volume includes scholars who use multiple theoretical perspectives, including practice theory and evolutionary traditions, which are sometimes complementary and occasionally clashing. Geographic coverage ranges from the indigenous Americas to Africa, the Near East, and South Asia, and the time frame extends from the prehistoric or precontact to colonial periods and up to the ethnographic present. Contributors include leading scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Together, they employ archaeological, ethnographic, ethnoarchaeological,experimental, and simulation data to link micro-scale processes of cultural transmission to macro-scale processes of social group boundary formation, continuity, and change.
Investigating Archaeological Cultures
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Author : Benjamin W. Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-06-04
Investigating Archaeological Cultures written by Benjamin W. Roberts and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-04 with Social Science categories.
Defining "culture" is an important step in undertaking archaeological research. Any thorough study of a particular culture first has to determine what that culture contains-- what particular time period, geographic region, and group of people make up that culture. The study of archaeology has many accepted definitions of particular cultures, but recently these accepted definitions have come into question. As archaeologists struggle to define cultures, they also seek to define the components of culture. This volume brings together 21 international case studies to explore the meaning of "culture" for regions around the globe and periods from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age and beyond. Taking lessons and overarching themes from these studies, the contributors draw important conclusions about cultural transmission, technology development, and cultural development. The result is a comprehensive model for approaching the study of culture, broken down into regions (Russia, Continental Europe, North America, Britain, and Africa), materials (Lithics, Ceramics, Metals) and time periods. This work will be valuable to all archaeologists and cultural anthropologists, particularly those studying material culture.
Integrating Qualitative And Social Science Factors In Archaeological Modelling
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Author : Mehdi Saqalli
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-04
Integrating Qualitative And Social Science Factors In Archaeological Modelling written by Mehdi Saqalli and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-04 with Social Science categories.
This book covers the methodological, epistemological and practical issues of integrating qualitative and socio-anthropological factors into archaeological modeling. This text fills the gap between conceptual modeling (which usually relies on narratives describing the life of a past community) and formalized/computer-based modeling which are usually environmentally-determined. Methods combining both environmental and social issues through niche and agent-based modeling are presented. These methods help to translate data from paleo-environmental and archaeological society life cycles (such as climate and landscape changes) into the local spatial scale. The epistemological discussions will appeal to readers as well as the resilience socio-anthropological factors provide facing climatic fluctuations. Integrating Qualitative and Social Science Factors in Archaeological Modelling will appeal to students and researchers in the field.
Soma 2012 Near Eastern Identities The Luristan Hamrin Cultural Sphere 4th 3rd Millennium Bc Pottery Identity As Intra Societies Interactions
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Author : Luca Bombardieri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Soma 2012 Near Eastern Identities The Luristan Hamrin Cultural Sphere 4th 3rd Millennium Bc Pottery Identity As Intra Societies Interactions written by Luca Bombardieri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Excavations (Archaeology) categories.
After The Ubaid
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Author : Catherine Marro
language : en
Publisher: Editions de Boccard
Release Date : 2012
After The Ubaid written by Catherine Marro and has been published by Editions de Boccard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The time period between the end of the Ubaid and the beginning of the Uruk expansion is one of the least known, yet most important eras in the ancient history of the Middle East. This era, which is often referred to as the "Post-Ubaid" period, is marked by major structural changes such as the rise of social hierarchies, technological innovations and economic reorganisation, which eventually led to the emergence of proto-states and cities. The recent finding of "Post-Ubaid-related" sites in regions deemed to be located far beyond the Ubaid purview, such as Cilicia, Cappadocia or the south Caucasus, has added another dimension to this picture: these sites suggest that the organic relationships more or less implicitly established between the "Post-Ubaid horizon" and the Ubaid world may in fact be much weaker than once thought.
Studi Di Archeologia Del Vicino Oriente
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Author : Stefania Mazzoni
language : it
Publisher: Firenze University Press
Release Date : 2012
Studi Di Archeologia Del Vicino Oriente written by Stefania Mazzoni and has been published by Firenze University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
The book presents recent studies and research by the students of Paolo Emilio Pecorella, a lecturer in Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Florence. The contributions reflect the numerous interests and activities in the field promoted by Pecorella and continued now by his school: in Syria and Mesopotamia (J.S. Baldi, S. Nannucci, V. Orsi, C. Coppini and G. Baccelli), in Anatolia (F. Manuelli, A. D'Agostino, G. Guarducci and S. Valentini), in Cyprus (L. Bombardieri), and in Iran (S. Anastasio).
A Slave Who Would Be King Oral Tradition And Archaeology Of The Recent Past In The Upper Senegal River Basin
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Author : Jeffrey H. Altschul
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2016-05-31
A Slave Who Would Be King Oral Tradition And Archaeology Of The Recent Past In The Upper Senegal River Basin written by Jeffrey H. Altschul and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with Social Science categories.
This report makes a significant contribution to the archaeology and ethnography of eastern Senegal. Combining ethnographic and archaeological data yields a picture of a period of intense social change at the end of the 19th c. and extended well into the mid-20th c.
Crafting Minoanisation
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Author : Joanne Elizabeth Cutler
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2021-10-31
Crafting Minoanisation written by Joanne Elizabeth Cutler and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-31 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
The mid second millennium BC material record of the southern Aegean shows evidence of strong Cretan influence. This phenomenon has traditionally been seen in terms of ‘Minoanisation’, but the nature and degree of Cretan influence, and the process/processes by which it was spread and adopted, have been widely debated. This new study addresses the question of ‘Minoanisation’ through a study of the adoption of Cretan technologies in the wider southern Aegean: principally, weaving technology. By the early Late Bronze Age, Cretan-style discoid loom weights had appeared at a number of settlements across the southern Aegean. In most cases, this represents not only the adoption of a particular type of loom weight, but also the introduction of a new weaving technology: the use of the warp-weighted loom. The evidence for, and the implications of, the adoption of this new technology is examined. Drawing upon recent advances in textile experimental archaeology, the types of textiles that are likely to have been produced at a range of sites both on Crete itself and in the wider southern Aegean are discussed, and the likely nature and scale of textile production at the various settlements is assessed. A consideration of the evidence for the timing and extent of the adoption of Cretan weaving technology in the light of additional evidence for the adoption of other Cretan technologies is used to gain insight into the potential social and economic strategies engaged in by various groups across the southern Aegean, as well as the motivations that may have driven the adoption and adaptation of Cretan cultural traits and accompanying behaviors. By examining how technological skills and techniques are learned and considering possible mechanisms for the transmission of such technical knowledge and know-how, new perspectives can be proposed concerning the processes through which Cretan techniques were taken up and imitated abroad.