The use of ethnoarchaeology for the archaeological study. Provides detailed analyses of how material culture and intangible behavior relate to present a nonmaterialistic approach to the study of material cultural variability. Other text material selected readings or supplemental material. Ethnoarchaeology aids archaeologists in reconstructing ancient lifeways by studying the material and nonmaterial traditions of modern societies. The leopards tale thames and hudson 2006, and entangled. This guide introduces readers to some of the primary and secondary literature on clothing and adornment in antiquity, spanning ancient near eastern contexts to those of early christianity. In this paper, i lay out the central questions addressed by archaeologists studying craft production, discuss how ethnoarchaeology has contributed to our understanding of ancient. Ethnoarchaeological studies in material culture, cambridge. Plog university of virginia karen richman university of virginia efforts to understand patterns of stylistic. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture 1982 the present past. The interpretation of documents and material culture. Bud hamptons work follows in this tradition of symbolic. Cambridge university press 9780521105088 symbols in. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture 1982, a study of pottery use and meaning in an african context, was extremely influential as a first attempt at ethnographic research with primarily archaeological questions in mind. Material culture studies in cambridge royal anthropological institute newsletter hodder, i. Download pdf ethnoarchaeology in action cambridge world. Cambridge university press 9780521105088 symbols in action. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture new studies in archaeology 9780521105088. Language and material culture explores the continuing dependence of historians of material culture on linguistic theory. In particular, the discussion examines the social roles of these phenomena, including how they can function as symbols of power, status and honor.
Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture new studies in archaeology p. Material culture the objects made by man provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization and ritual practices of extinct societies. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture by ian hodder pp. Material culture the objects made by man provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization. Download pdf ethnoarchaeology in action free online. This book presents a series of ethnoarchaeological studies. The relational construction of identity in early bronze age burials in ireland and britain.
Ethnoarchaeology anthropology oxford bibliographies. In tools, language and cognition in human evolution 1930. Material culture the objects made by man provides the primary data f. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture by ian hodder. These ethnoarchaeological studies resulted in my 1982 book symbols in action, in which i argued that archaeology needed a new model of the relationship between society and material culture symbols. Mcintoshs 1974 work on mud wall decay in a hani village in ghana, and mbaes 1990 study.
In this chapter, the concept of material culture is examined as it is commonly understood today in archaeology and material culture studies. Material culturethe objects made by manprovides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization, and ritual practices of extinct societies. He is the author of pattern in the material folk culture of the eastern united states, passing the time in ballymenone, irish folktales, and the spirit of folk art. Symbols in action cambridge 1982, reading the past cambridge 1986, the domestication of europe oxford 1990, the archaeological process oxford 1999. First published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in kenya, zambia and the sudan into the archaeological remains and material culture of contemporary smallscale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views.
Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture hodder, i. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. An introduction to anthropology for archaeologists 1982 reading the past. As a reaction to processual archaeology, the primary aim of the early, postprocessual archaeology was to see how symbols were negotiated and manipulated in social contexts how they were symbols in action. First published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in kenya, zambia and the sudan into the archaeological remains and material culture of contemporary smallscale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies. Ian hodder joined the department of cultural and social anthropology in september of 1999. In folk housing in middle virginia glassie admirably sets forth such a way. Current approaches to interpretation in archaeology 1986 revised 1991 and, with scott hutson, 2003 the domestication of europe.
The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the relationship between. Burkettes description of complexity theory reveals how closely it is akin to the manner in which many architectural historians in recent decades have approached the interpretation of buildings. Critical approaches to the interpretation of material culture. Ethnoarchaeological studies have longed served as a critical source of hypotheses, comparative data, and explanatory frameworks for archaeologists interested in describing and explaining ceramic production. Kung masters of cleverness, willow smoke, dogs tails, and beyond.
Language and material culture allison paige burkette. When do ethnic units identify themselves in material culture. The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the. Cambridge archaeologist ian hodders symbols in action. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture new studies in archaeology at. The dominant view had been that material culture was a behavioral reflection of society. The appropriation and use of goods in everyday life. Journal of ethnoarchaeology online chilton, elizabeth ed. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. Material culturethe objects made by manprovides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies.
167 248 1290 435 575 582 798 137 878 1028 564 850 937 1249 825 1505 617 161 1090 576 1117 545 904 563 324 618 1005 1405 1233 360 856 886 64 941 93 46 1347 1329