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The Archaeology of Personhood: An Anthropological Approach
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The Archaeology of Personhood examines the characteristics that define a person as a category of being, highlights how definitions of personhood are culturally variable and explores how that variation is connected to human uses of material culture as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Bringing together a wealth of research in social and cultural anthropology, philosophy and related fields, this is the first book to address the contribution that an understanding of personhood can make to our interpretations of the past
Applying an anthropological approach to detailed case studies from European prehistoric archaeology, the book explores the connection between people, animals, objects, their societies and environments and investigates the relationship that jointly produces bodies, persons, communities and artefacts.
The Archaeology of Personhood examines the characteristics that define a person as a category of being, highlights how definitions of personhood are culturally variable and explores how that variation is connected to human uses of material culture.read more
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A cultural perspective on Merovingian burial chronology and the grave goods from the Vrijthof and Pandhof cemeteries in Maastricht
TL;DR: In this article, Kars et al. analyse chronologisch onderzoekstraditie of Merovingische grafvelden, vanuit een cultureel perspectief legt het accent op de variatie aan circulatietrajecten and de achterliggende oorzaken and creeert een veelzijdig beeld van het rijke materiele verleden.
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Identifying Female in the Halaf: Prehistoric Agency and Modern Interpretations
TL;DR: The Halaf figurine assemblages as discussed by the authors have been used to study anthropomorphic imagery in the form of figurines from prehistoric village communities and provide a new framework for analyzing figurines.
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Networks of Meaning and the Social Dynamics of Identity. An Example from Early Anglo-Saxon England
TL;DR: In the early Anglo-Saxon period, dressing and displaying the body in life and death played an important role in shaping and reinforcing identities and ruling social norms as mentioned in this paper, and the production of dress items, the daily act of dressing, and the individuals involved in these practices helped shape the same identities that were enacted in the funeral.