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Two Technological Traditions of Bifacial Points from the Breach Farm Site, Wales: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Lithic Technology Integrating Experimental Replication, X-Ray Fluorescence, and Geometric Morphometry Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-07-05 João C. Moreno, Bruce Bradley, Mercedes Okumura, Thomas J. Williams
ABSTRACT To accurately replicate highly complex, flaked stone artifacts using the same raw materials as the original artifacts is a challenge for any present-day flintknapper. Replication of individual bifacial points from a Bronze Age burial mound in Wales led to further study of the artifacts. Integrating experimental replication, technological analysis, x-ray fluorescence, and geometric morphometry
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How to Keep the Home Fires Burning: A Comparative Study of Cooking Hearths for Ceramic Vessels Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Margaret E. Beck, Matthew E. Hill, Meena R. Khandelwal
ABSTRACT A hearth is the location of an intentional fire, commonly fueled with organic matter such as wood, charcoal, crop waste, or dried animal dung (biomass, or biofuel). Hearths also implicate gender, regional ecologies, and complex, symbolically rich technologies. This article is about household cooking hearths—specifically, biomass hearths used with ceramic cooking vessels. Insights are drawn
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Tochan, “The House of All of Us”: Decolonizing Space through Nahua Oral Narratives Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Julieta Flores Muñoz, Patricia Murrieta Flores
ABSTRACT Mapping is an established practice by which people represent, explore, and share their understandings of geography. While cartographic products have become the dominant medium for this, there are many ways of expressing spatial knowledge, providing a rich opportunity to understand different forms in which people recreate, navigate, and understand their landscape. This research explores how
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Constructing from the Invisible: Conceptualizing Indigenous Village Layout and Dynamics in the Circum-Caribbean Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-05-28 Corinne L. Hofman, Stéphen Rostain, Jimmy L.J.A. Mans, Menno L.P. Hoogland
ABSTRACT In recent years, thousands of posthole features have been located during open-area excavations of Indigenous archaeological sites in the Caribbean Islands. However, the reconstruction of village spatial organization and its changes over time is sometimes a challenging task, because Indigenous village occupation can span more than 500 years. This article presents archaeological data from rescue
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Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Charring Studies Related to the Cultivation of Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana [L.] Gaertn.) in Northwestern Ethiopia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Tsehay Terefe, Alemseged Beldados
ABSTRACT An ethnoarchaeological study was conducted in northwestern Ethiopia on the cultivation of dagusa (Amharic), commonly known as finger millet (Eleusine coracana) in English. Dagusa is one of the most important cereals and staple foods in East and Central Africa. The field study examined crop-processing activities from land preparation to food processing. The study documented traditional agricultural
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Preliminary Technological and Functional Studies of the Neolithic Stone Reaping Knives from West Malaysia: An Experimental Approach Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Hsiao Mei Goh, Noridayu Bakry, Mokhtar Saidin, Darren Curnoe, Ahmad Syahir bin Zukipli, Chaw Yeh Saw, Shyeh Sahibul Karamah bin Masnan, Shaiful Shahidan, Nur Athmar Hashim, Ahmad Farid Abdul Jalal
ABSTRACT The distinctive “saddle-shape” stone knives known as Tembeling knives of West Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) have long been used to characterize the early agricultural activities of Neolithic populations in the region. While these tools are morphologically suggestive of a reaping function, their association with early plant use has never been established. The present study explores for the
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No Rain, No Grain? Ethnoarchaeology of Sorghum and Millet Cultivation in Dryland Environments of Sudan, Pakistan, and Ethiopia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Stefano Biagetti, Abel Ruiz-Giralt, Marco Madella, Mongeda Khalid Magzoub, Yamane Meresa, Mulubrhan Haile Gebreselassie, Ghulam Mohiuddin Veesar, Tasleem Alam Abro, Amin Chandio, Carla Lancelotti
ABSTRACT Drylands cover more than 40% of the earth’s land surface, are found on all continents, and are home to 30% of the world’s population. Due to water scarcity, they are generally considered unsuitable for lasting human settlement. While pastoralism has been reconceptualized recently as a rational, efficient, and sustainable way to live in drylands, agriculture without irrigation is generally
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Clay, Fire, Air, and Mostly Water: Understanding the Importance of Water Resources in Pottery Workshops in Ancient Iberia by Integrating Ethnoarchaeological, Experimental, and Archaeological Research Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Juan Jesús Padilla Fernández, Elena H. Sánchez López
ABSTRACT Archaeological studies of pottery production have given little attention to the productive uses of water, building historical discourses without taking into consideration its crucial role in many chaînes opératoires. Structures related to the use of water in pottery-making, such as wells, cisterns, or settling ponds, are very rarely discussed. This article aims to remedy that situation by
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Jeffrey R. Parsons and Mesoamerican Ethnoarchaeology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-08-19 Eduardo Williams
ABSTRACT Jeffrey Parsons was a pioneer who expanded the scope of settlement pattern analysis in archaeology. He conducted extensive surveys in Mexico, Peru, and Argentina. Here I discuss Parsons' contributions to ethnographic research with archaeological goals (ethnoarchaeology). His major contributions to the field dealt with Mesoamerican subsistence activities in three broad areas: maguey (Agave
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The Prehispanic Ethnobotany of Paquimé and its Neighbors Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-07-08 Rebecca Friedel
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 13, No. 1-2, 2021)
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Popular Religion and Material Responses to Pandemic: The Christian Cult of the Epitaphios during the COVID-19 Crisis in Greece and Cyprus Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-04-13 Giorgos Papantoniou, Athanasios K. Vionis
ABSTRACT This article explores the materiality of the Orthodox Christian cult of the Epitaphios on Good Friday of 2020 when, during the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and isolation were deemed the most effective means of protecting societies from exposure to the virus. Epitaphios is a metonym that references a venerated object, a decorated cloth or wooden icon bearing the image of Christ prepared
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Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatán Peninsula Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-04-12 Samantha Seyler
(2020). Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatán Peninsula. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 148-149.
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Ruins, Caves, Gods, and Incense Burners: Northern Lacandon, Maya Myths, and Rituals Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-04-06 Kirby Farah
(2020). Ruins, Caves, Gods, and Incense Burners: Northern Lacandon, Maya Myths, and Rituals. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 149-151.
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EXARC Journal Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-04-08 Benjamin J. Utting
(2020). EXARC Journal. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 156-157.
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Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-03-15 Anthony DeLuca
(2020). Ancient West Mexico in the Mesoamerican Ecumene. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 151-154.
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Minimal Tools, Maximum Meat: A Pilot Experiment to Butcher an Elephant Foot and Make Elephant Bone Tools Using Lower Paleolithic Stone Tool Technology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-02-12 Britt M. Starkovich, Patrick Cuthbertson, Keiko Kitagawa, Nicholas Thompson, George E. Konidaris, Veerle Rots, Susanne C. Münzel, Domenico Giusti, Viola C. Schmid, Angel Blanco-Lapaz, Christian Lepers, Vangelis Tourloukis
ABSTRACT This article presents a pilot experiment conducted to better understand how Middle Pleistocene hominins might have processed and exploited elephants using simple stone and bone tools. The experiment was conducted in three phases: (1) production of small, flake-based stone tools, (2) butchery of the lower hind-leg of an Indian elephant, and (3) manufacture of bone tools from the tibia. The
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Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Story-telling Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2021-02-12 David P. Walton
(2020). Experimental Archaeology: Making, Understanding, Story-telling. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 154-156.
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Archaeology and Ethnography along the Loango Coast in the South West of the Republic of Congo Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-02-13 Dirk Seidensticker
(2020). Archaeology and Ethnography along the Loango Coast in the South West of the Republic of Congo. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 75-77.
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Emergent warfare in our evolutionary past Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-02-13 Paul Roscoe
reader is sometimes irritated by spelling mistakes that taint the reading. To sum up, this volume poses a valuable contribution in describing heritage management efforts in the southern Republic of the Congo and displaying the primary data uncovered. Unfortunately, a synthesis between the archaeological and ethnographical observations is hard to find within the text. While the text is accompanied by
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Tarascan Pottery Production in Michoacán, Mexico Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-02-12 Kirk Damon Straight
The monograph, Tarascan Pottery Production in Michoacan, Mexico by Eduardo Williams offers a synthesis of fieldwork among “traditional” potters practicing their craft in Tarascan (Purepecha) commun...
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Landscapes of the Islamic world: archaeology, history, and ethnography Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-02-12 Jennifer E. Jones
multi-disciplinary team, anthropology (in the broadest sense of its multiple sub-disciplines), which has long-standing holistic and universalistic ambitions, is as well positioned as any discipline for the task. The point is nicely illustrated by these two authors. Kim is an anthropological archaeologist, Kissel a paleoanthropologist, and together they have put together a survey of war and its origins
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Pottery Archaeology in the Michoacan Sierra Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-29 James J. Aimers
(2020). Pottery Archaeology in the Michoacan Sierra. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 68-70.
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Maya Potters’ Indigenous Knowledge: Cognition, Engagement, and Practice Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-29 Jillian M. Jordan
more useful in frequency seriations for chronology. He also concludes that interpretations of activity patterns (e.g. estimates of where cooking occurred) are complicated by the fact that they “are the product of differences in [pottery] type use lives as much as they are the product of ancient pot-using behavior” (p 173). This is a very detailed study of an important issue in archaeology, but I suspect
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New Mexico and the Pimeria Alta: The Colonial Period in the American Southwest Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Kurt Dongoske
Bourdieu, P. 1977. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Dietler, M., and I. Herbich. 1989. “TichMatek: The Technology of Luo Pottery Production and the Definition of Ceramic Style.” World Archaeology 21 (1): 148–164. Dobres, M.A., and J. E. Robb. 2000. Agency in Archaeology. New York: Routledge. Knappett, C., and L. Malafouris. 2008.Material Agency: Towards a Non-Anthropocentric
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“They Too Can Help”: Hidden Producers and Flexibility in the Organization of Collaborative Labor in Pottery-Making Households in Michoacán, México From the 1940s to 2020 Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Amy J. Hirshman
ABSTRACT Eight decades of ethnographic research provide a rich dataset for studying the changing organization of labor in households involved in specialized pottery production in the Purépecha region of Michoacán, Mexico. Relevant ethnographies are examined to identify the contributions of household members who might be considered “the potter” and the “hidden producers” who are integral to production
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Children, Play, and Learning Tasks: From North African Clay Toys to Neolithic Figurines Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2020-01-02 Argyris Fassoulas, Jean-Pierre Rossie, Haris Procopiou
ABSTRACT Long-term ethnographic research in the region of Tiznit in Morocco enabled us to reconstruct the different stages of manufacture of children's clay toys, from the selection of the raw material to shaping, firing, use and discard. Making toys and playing with them are two inseparable activities, essential for learning everyday tasks. From this perspective, we consider Neolithic figurines and
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EARTH: The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-27 Bula S. Wayessa
(2020). EARTH: The Dynamics of Non-Industrial Agriculture: 8,000 Years of Resilience and Innovation. Ethnoarchaeology: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 64-66.
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Finding the Potential Potter: An Experimental Analysis of Woodland Pottery Decoration Techniques Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-27 Steven G. Dorland
ABSTRACT Archaeological approaches to “finding the individual” have been applied through various material avenues. Pottery production has been considered an effective avenue to identify idiosyncratic variation, but there has been little work to evaluate fundamental assumptions of attribution studies. This paper addresses how differences in decorative techniques can influence our ability to identify
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The lives of stone tools: crafting the status, skill, and identity of flintknappers Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-26 Metin I. Eren
Kathryn Weedman Arthur has produced a fantastic and delightful book. The Lives of Stone Tools is an ethnographic account of stone tool production and use in late twentieth century Ethiopia. It is a valuable cautionary tale on all of the potential cultural and symbolic meaning prehistoric stone tools may have possessed and manifested, which would be invisible to archaeologists if indeed this meaning
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A tale of three villages: Indigenous-colonial interactions in southwestern Alaska, 1740–1950 Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Amy V. Margaris
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Editorial Reflections: Anthropology, the Fundamental Human Activity Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Kathryn Kamp,John Whittaker
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Acorn Processing and Pottery Use in the Upper Great Lakes: An Experimental Comparison of Stone Boiling and Ceramic Technology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Kelsey E. Hanson, Paula L. Bryant, Autumn M. Painter, James M. Skibo
ABSTRACT The adoption of pottery in the Upper Great Lakes region occurs quite late compared to the greater Eastern Woodlands. Recent organic residue analyses suggest that the earliest pottery in the Upper Great Lakes region was likely used to process acorns. Through experimental means using temperature as a proxy, this paper evaluates the efficacy of leaching tannins from acorns by comparing two regionally
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To Hell with Ethnoarchaeology … and Back! Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Diane Lyons, Nicholas David
ABSTRACT In 2016 Olivier Gosselain published a paper in Archaeological Dialogues suggesting that ethnoarchaeology should “go to hell”. His provocation misrepresents the ethnoarchaeology of the past quarter century, as is evident in a literature of which he appears largely unaware. Here we refute his charges, showing, for example, that ethnoarchaeologists neither regard the societies with which we work
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An Ethnoarcheological Study of the Architectural Relationship Between Settlement and Cemetery Sites in a Remote Iranian Village Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Tahereh Rahimkhani, Hadi Sabori
ABSTRACT In 2014–2015 we combined questionnaires with direct observation to study the architectural transition of a remote Iranian village in order to assess the relationship between the layout and architecture of the settlement and the cemetery, and to assess the ways the characteristics of the settlement were or were not reflected in the cemetery. The architecture of the settlement site in Makhunik
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Salt Making and Pottery Production: Community Craft Specialization in Alburquerque, Bohol, Philippines Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-07-03 Andrea Yankowski
ABSTRACT This ethnoarchaeological study examines contemporary salt and earthenware pottery production in Alburquerque, Bohol, Central Philippines. It highlights the intersection of these two craft industries through the use of locally made earthenware pots for salt making, serving both as brine boiling containers, as well as standard units of measurement for trade. It examines the spatial distribution
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Ancient Cookware from the Levant: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 Mara T. Horowitz
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Was Obsidian Used for Camelid Shearing in Ancient Peru? An Experimental and Use-Wear Study Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 Jason Nesbitt, Rachel Johnson, Rachel A. Horowitz
ABSTRACT Obsidian flake tools are an important component of Early Horizon (ca. 800–400 B.C.) lithic assemblages in highland Peru. However, the functions of these tools have not been ascertained. In this paper, we present the results of an experimental project that tests the hypothesis that flake tools were used for shearing domesticated camelids (alpacas and llamas). A collection of 10 replicated flake
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Edwin Wilmsen’s Contributions to Ethnoarchaeology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 David Killick
Although Ed Wilmsen has made crucial contributions to ethoarchaeology, he does not identify himself as an ethnoarchaeologist, and so his important work in this field is often overlooked. He is not mentioned, for example, in the monumental history of ethnoarchaeology by David and Kramer (2000). When I recorded an on-camera interview with him in 2015, he described himself as a four-field anthropologist
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An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Hide Working with Iron Scrapers in East Gojjam, Northwestern Ethiopia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 Tesfaye Wondyifraw Tsegaye
ABSTRACT In northwestern Ethiopia, hide working is a skilled practice that involves turning raw hides into processed leather products using iron blades in wooden hafts for scraping and hammer stones with plant oils for hair removal, softening, and coloring the hides. This study among Amhara hide workers living in the East Gojjam Zone focuses on the specialized use of iron scrapers, which establishes
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A Study of Urartian Red Glossy Pottery Production in Van, Turkey, Using Archaeological, Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Archaeological Methods Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 Atilla Batmaz
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to cast light on how the red glossy slipped pottery of the Urartian Kingdom (9th–6th century BC) was manufactured. Ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology, as well as more traditional archaeological research methods, are used to discern the processes involved. First, the pottery was categorized based on surface treatment. Next, ethnoarchaeological research
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Training Ethnoarchaeologists and Experimental Archaeologists Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2019-01-02 Kathryn Kamp, John Whittaker
In an era of fake news and alternative facts, archaeologists need to think carefully about what it takes to make an effective argument and how best to train students to do so. While the unfettered enthusiasm for positivism and science evinced by some in the 1960s and 70s is rare in the wake of post-processual critiques, archaeological interpretations of the past are and must still be evidence-based
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Relating to Rock Art in the Contemporary World: Navigating Symbolism, Meaning, and Significance Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Grant S. McCall
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The Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Environment of the Marismas Nacionales: The Prehistoric Pacific Littoral of Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Andrew D. Somerville
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Tools, textiles and contexts: investigating textile production in the aegean and eastern mediterranean bronze age Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Laura Mazow
our knowledge of the nature of the Aztatlán system. Each of the contributing authors to this volume is either retired or emeritus. As such, the book represents the work of mature scholars carefully and thoughtfully presenting their results to support the legacy of the Marismas Nacionales project and to facilitate future studies in the region. In this sense, the volume is an unambiguous success and
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Ethnographies and Actualistic Cooking Experiments: Ethnoarchaeological Pathways toward Understanding Earth-Oven Variability in Archaeological Records Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Alston V. Thoms, Laura M. Short, Masahiro Kamiya, Andrew R. Laurence
ABSTRACT This article addresses aspects of earth-oven baking, as reported in ethnohistoric and ethnographic accounts from western North America and via a series of actualistic experiments. Ethnographic and ethnohistoric accounts attest to far more variability in oven morphologies, baking times, and food types than has been identified archaeologically. Toward mitigation of this data-discrepancy, we
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Introduction Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Carolina Mallol, Auréade Henry
Although fire is ubiquitous among humans and it appears to have been so for at least hundreds of thousands of years, its study as an artifact is relatively recent due to its sedimentary nature. Archaeologists are only now beginning to properly document and sample combustion residues for their study as artifacts and to realize their potential as sinks of behavioral information, with clues concealed
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An experimental ethnoarchaeology and analytical approach to fire-related management strategies in a hunter–fisher–gatherer society from the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Albert García-Piquer, Joan-Miquel Lozano, Ramiro Javier March, Jordi Estévez-Escalera
ABSTRACT This paper presents a synthetic overview of the results of a multidisciplinary approach –archaeological, experimental and ethnographic – that provides new insights into the fire-related management strategies (from firewood procurement to fire use and cleaning activities) adopted by Yamana groups. We bring to the fore the significance of recent results from a chemical, GC-MS and GC-C-IRMS analysis
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Ethnoarchaeology of Fuel Use in Northern Forests: Towards a Better Characterization of Prehistoric Fire-Related Activities Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Auréade Henry, Evgenya Zavadskaya, Claire Alix, Elina Kurovskaya, Sylvie Beyries
ABSTRACT Prehistoric fuel management and hearth functions are key research issues that have benefitted from the development of experimental and ethnoarchaeogical approaches aimed at providing interpretative models for archaeological fire and fuel studies. In this paper, we present a selection of ethnographic, ethnoarchaeological and ethnohistorical data mostly collected among Evenks and Athabascans
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Carbon Isotope Ratios of Plant n-Alkanes and Microstratigraphy Analyses of Dung Accumulations in a Pastoral Nomadic Winter Campsite (Eastern Mongolia) Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Natalia Égüez, Cheryl A. Makarewicz
ABSTRACT Livestock fecal remains provide an important source of information on past animal husbandry systems and dung use. A combined micromorphological and biomolecular investigation of dung deposits brings new perspectives into past landscape land use and animal husbandry strategies by providing seasonal-scale information on livestock dietary intake as well as intensity of dung deposition in penning
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Geo-ethnoarchaeology of Fire: Geoarchaeological Investigation of Fire Residues in Contemporary Context and its Archaeological Implications Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 David E. Friesem
ABSTRACT Geoarchaeology focusing on microscopic and chemical remains has contributed greatly to the study of archaeological fire. One of the methodological approaches geoarchaeologists have adopted in the last two decades is the use of ethnoarchaeology to collect reference materials and construct models for how fire residues are formed and preserve or deteriorate in the archaeological record. Geo-ethnoarchaeology
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Rituals of the Past: Prehispanic and Colonial Case Studies in Andean Archaeology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-07-03 Andrew P. Roddick
similarly organized, making cross-cultural comparisons relatively easy, limited only by the quality of the original data (for which these authors are not to be faulted). Some of the most significant insights from these cases include examples where yarn quality estimates derived from spindle whorl weight do not match well with suggested tensions estimated from preserved loom weights, thus supporting
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Surviving Spanish Conquest: Indian fight, flight, and cultural transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Marco Meniketti
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A Potential Oxygen Isotope Signature of Maize Beer Consumption: An Experimental Pilot Study Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Weston C. McCool, Joan Brenner Coltrain
ABSTRACT The consumption of alcohol in the past is a much-studied subject, largely because alcoholic beverages play an important role in numerous sociopolitical institutions. While alcoholic beverages have been widely acknowledged to be an important component of society, the ability to recognize alcohol intake in ancient contexts has proven difficult. As a result, many authors investigating ancient
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Myth and meaning: San-Bushman Folklore in global context Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
The name of J. D. Lewis-Williams has been linked for decades to his ground-breaking theory relating shamanism and Southern African rock art, and the interpretation of San paintings in the light of ...
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Occupancy and the Use of Household Space Among the Dukha Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Randall Haas, Todd Surovell, Matthew O’Brien
ABSTRACT Archaeologists commonly encounter the occupation surfaces of ephemeral prehistoric houses. Within those spaces, artifacts can exhibit considerable spatial structure raising the question of what that structure can tell us about human behavior. We explore a simple site-formation model in which household occupancy, defined here as the average number of individuals who simultaneously occupy a
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Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica): A Tuber Viewed as a Relative of Women in the Wallaga Region of Southwestern Ethiopia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2018-01-02 Bula Sirika Wayessa
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the cultivation, harvesting and consumption of anchote and examines the social and environmental factors that frame the practice. Anchote, an indigenous tuber crop propagated by seed, is primarily cultivated for its edible tubers. In addition to forming part of the dietary staple of the Wallaga Oromo, the tuber is central to the culture and identity of the people. The
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Ethnoarchaeological Study of Noog (Guizotia abyssinica (L. f.) Cass., Compositae) in Ethiopia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2017-08-28 Hiruy Daniel, Alemseged Beldados
ABSTRACT Ethnoarchaeological research was conducted on traditional agriculture and use of noog (Guizotia abyssinica (L.) Cass.) as well as its wild progenitor, mech (Guizotia scabra (Vis.) Chiov) in present day Ethiopia. The study revealed technological and social aspects of this oil crop. Various traditional processing methods (field and household), division of labor, and economical and cultural values
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Wild harvest: plants in the hominin and pre-agrarian worlds Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Vandy E. Bowyer
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People with animals: perspectives and studies in ethnozooarchaeology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2017-07-03 Lior Weissbrod
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Les Scories de Forge du Pays Dogon (Mali): Entre Ethnoarchéologie, Archéologie Experimentale et Archéométrie Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2017-07-03 David Killick