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Acknowledged authenticity. Or did the origin of rock matter in the Mesolithic?
Archaeological Dialogues Pub Date : 2021-05-12 , DOI: 10.1017/s138020382100009x
Astrid J. Nyland

This article explores the concept of authenticity of rock, place and stone tools in the Mesolithic. It uses results from a recent pXRF analysis on a selection of greenstone adzes predominantly originating from a delimited area on the western coast of south Norway as its point of departure. The results show that, although the majority of the 80 analysed adzes were made of greenstone from one specific source, eight clearly stemmed from local outcrops away from this one source area. The quantitative geochemical data are not presented in detail. Instead, the focus is on the social significance of these stone objects and their sources as indicated by the results. I argue that the anomalies demonstrate an acknowledged social value placed on stone from a dedicated source area; they represent deliberate attempts to manipulate perception and thus replicate a specific social affinity. Emphasizing perception and appearance, I consider adzes of green stone as assemblages of knowledge, skill, place and social memory – as desirable objects that enhanced a feeling of belonging and social identity – and I question whether this means that people in the Mesolithic recognized and acknowledged something as authentic.

中文翻译:

承认真实性。还是中石器时代岩石物质的起源?

本文探讨了中石器时代岩石、地方和石器的真实性概念。它使用最近 pXRF 分析的结果,对主要来自挪威南部西海岸的一个划定区域的绿岩锛的选择作为其出发点。结果表明,虽然分析的 80 个锛中的大多数是由一个特定来源的绿岩制成的,但有八个明显来自远离这一来源区域的局部露头。定量地球化学数据没有详细介绍。相反,重点是结果表明这些石器及其来源的社会意义。我认为这些异常表明了一种公认的社会价值,这些价值来自于一个专门的来源区域。它们代表了故意操纵感知并因此复制特定的社会亲和力的尝试。强调感知和外观,我认为绿石的锄头是知识、技能、地点和社会记忆的集合——是增强归属感和社会认同感的理想对象——我质疑这是否意味着中石器时代的人们认可和承认真实的东西。
更新日期:2021-05-12
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