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Artefact Categories, Artefact Assemblages and Ontological Alterity
Cambridge Archaeological Journal Pub Date : 2020-09-14 , DOI: 10.1017/s095977432000030x
Simon Holdaway , Rebecca Phillipps

Joan Gero argued that archaeological interpretation is not the accumulation of truth but rather an ideological construct. Post-colonial studies building on Gero's work critique notions of universal value, that aspects of human cultural heritage hold value for all peoples. However, these studies are not specific about what a post-colonial analysis of the archaeological record might look like, particularly involving material culture categories. What appear as fundamental artefact classes remain and so appeal to a form of universal value. Here we employ a novel application of the ontological turn, specifically Holbraad's method of ontography, to break away from conventional approaches to stone artefact categorization and interpretation. We use Lucas’ discussion of materialization to develop an alternative approach to artefact categories considering two assemblages of artefacts from the North Island of Aotearoa. Both feature large numbers of obsidian artefacts. The obsidian provides the means to investigate levels of historical use, since the material is identifiable to geological source, analysable technologically and retains traces of use. Using the results of obsidian analyses, we investigate the concepts on which archaeologists have based assessments of the relationships among material culture items, suggesting ways in which archaeologists might consider creating space for post-colonial ontologies.

中文翻译:

人工制品类别、人工制品组合和本体变异

琼格罗认为,考古解释不是真理的积累,而是意识形态的建构。后殖民研究建立在 Gero 的作品批判普遍价值观念的基础上,即人类文化遗产的各个方面对所有人都具有价值。然而,这些研究并没有具体说明考古记录的后殖民分析可能是什么样子,特别是涉及物质文化类别。看似基本的人工制品类别仍然存在,因此吸引了一种普遍价值的形式。在这里,我们采用了本体论转向的新应用,特别是 Holbraad 的本体论方法,以摆脱传统的石制品分类和解释方法。我们使用卢卡斯关于物化的讨论来开发一种替代方法来考虑来自奥特罗瓦北岛的两个人工制品组合来处理人工制品类别。两者都有大量的黑曜石文物。黑曜石提供了调查历史使用水平的方法,因为该材料可识别地质来源、可进行技术分析并保留使用痕迹。利用黑曜石分析的结果,我们调查了考古学家基于评估物质文化项目之间关系的概念,提出了考古学家可能考虑为后殖民本体创造空间的方式。黑曜石提供了调查历史使用水平的方法,因为该材料可识别地质来源、可进行技术分析并保留使用痕迹。利用黑曜石分析的结果,我们调查了考古学家基于评估物质文化项目之间关系的概念,提出了考古学家可能考虑为后殖民本体创造空间的方式。黑曜石提供了调查历史使用水平的方法,因为该材料可识别地质来源、可进行技术分析并保留使用痕迹。利用黑曜石分析的结果,我们调查了考古学家基于评估物质文化项目之间关系的概念,提出了考古学家可能考虑为后殖民本体创造空间的方式。
更新日期:2020-09-14
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