Showing papers on "Ethnoarchaeology published in 1993"
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30 Jul 1993
TL;DR: The sources of archaeological theory are discussed in detail in this article, with a focus on the social context of archaeological theory and its application in post-processual archaeology, including the dangers of a new scholasticism.
Abstract: Introduction: The sources of archaeological theory Norman Yoffee, and Andrew Sherratt Part I. The Social Context of Archaeological Theory: 1. Limits to a post-processual archaeology (or The dangers of a new scholasticism) Philip L. Kohl 2. A proliferation of new archaeologists 'Beyond objectivism and relativism' Alison Wylie 3. Ambition, deference, discrepancy, consumption the intellectual background to a post-processual archaeology Christopher Chippendale Part II. Archaeological Theory from the Paleolithic to the State: 4. Ancestors and agendas Clive Gamble 5. After social evolution: a new archaeological agenda? Stephen Shennan 6. Too many chiefs? (or, Safe texts for the 90s) Norman Yoffee Part III. Case-Studies in Archaeological Theory and Practice 7. When is a symbol archaeologically meaningful? Meaning, function and prehistoric visual arts Kelley Hays 8. Re-fitting the 'cracked and broken facade': the case for empiricism in post-processual ethnoarchaeology Miriam Start 9. Communication and the importance of disciplinary communities: who owns the past? Tim Murray Part IV. Postscript and Epilogue: 10. The relativity of theory Andrew Sherratt 11. Archaeology: the loss of nerve Richard Bradley.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of economic transformation from non-commercial, reciprocal exchange through to modern day market trading are observed by monitoring changes in the efficiency of production of spears and daggers over the past 120 years.
Abstract: Although ethnography has played an important role in the development of archaeological theory and method, it is limited by the short time‐scales employed and the lack of attention to material culture. Historical studies of museum collections can help overcome these difficulties. By monitoring changes in the efficiency of production of Admiralty Island spears and daggers over the past 120 years, one can observe the effects of economic transformation from noncommercial, reciprocal exchange through to modern day market trading. Contrary to predictions, changes in raw material inputs, craftsmanship, simplification and standardization are not all unidirectional. The results of the case‐study indicate that efficiency is a good indicator of exchange type, but archaeologists also need to understand the specific cultural contexts that shape the particular consumer demands.
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01 Jan 1993
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01 Jan 1993
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TL;DR: The authors studied the life of Shuwa Arab pastoralists of Cameroon and found that their pastoral-nomad villages offers a model of how site-location location affects site-selection and site-site selection.
Abstract: Why should Near Eastern archaeologists study the life of the Shuwa Arab pastoralists of Cameroon? Ethnoarchaeological research on their pastoral-nomad villages offers a model of how site-location s...
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TL;DR: Based on joint efforts by the Williams County Historical Society and the Laboratories of Ethnoarchaeology at the University of Toledo, thirty-six new sites, including six Western Basin Tradition ceramic sites, have been documented in the tri-state region of northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and south-central Michigan as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Based on joint efforts by the Williams County Historical Society and the Laboratories of Ethnoarchaeology at the University of Toledo, thirty-six new sites, including six Western Basin Tradition ceramic sites, have been documented in the tri-state region of northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and south-central Michigan. Also, data collected from throughout the Western Lake Erie region since 1984 has necessitated several revisions in the 1984 settlement-subsistence model proposed for the Late Woodland Western Basin Tradition populations, ca. 1000–1300 A.D. (Stothers, Graves, and Redmond, 1984). Key changes involve the relative sizes of functionally different site types that form component parts of a larger settlement system, a lack of formal village life, and a new perspective on seasonal patterns of population coalescence and dispersal.
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Journal Article•
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TL;DR: In this article, the importance of horticulture and bison hunting at the Blue Earth village, a Kansa Indian site of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was investigated.
Abstract: Ethnohistoric records document the importance of horticulture and bison hunting at the Blue Earth village, a Kansa Indian site of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. An analysis of ...
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Journal Article•
TL;DR: In this paper, a partir des exemples propres a Tivland, de l'interet de la fouille ethnoarcheologique for la comprehension and l'interpretation des donnees de fouille.
Abstract: Presentation a partir des exemples propres a Tivland, de l'interet de la fouille ethnoarcheologique pour la comprehension et l'interpretation des donnees de fouille. Definition de l'ethnoarcheologie et usage de l'archeologie experimentale comme moyen d'interpretation
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