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Cooking with Plants in Ancient Europe and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeology of Plant Foods Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Alexia Smith
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Rise and Fall of Black Rock City Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Alexei Vranich
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The Ethnoarchaeology of Restaurants in Southern Vietnam: Fish Stew Culinary Practices and Organic Residues in Earthenware Cooking Pots Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Michelle S. Eusebio, Fredeliza Z. Campos
Ethnoarchaeological studies of food and culinary practices are typically conducted in communities and households that still practice traditional ways of food preparation and consumption. This artic...
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Beer: A Global Journey through the Past and Present Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-12-02 Justin Jennings
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Tea for Two: The Dual Modes of Contemporary Zisha Teaware Production and their Implications for Archaeological Research Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Xuyang Gao, Anke Hein, Patrick Quinn
In archaeology, ceramics receive much attention because they are abundant in many archaeological contexts, chronologically sensitive, and provide a good window into past human behaviors, in particu...
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Production and Exchange Networks of Cord-marked Pottery from Oinam Village in Manipur, Northeast India: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Oinam Premchand Singh
The production of cord-marked pottery in the village of Oinam, located in the Indian state of Manipur, is practiced by the women potters of the Poumai Nagas, an Indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic comm...
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Guest Editorial: “Brewing Beer and Breaking Bread: Integrating Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Research on Food and Culinary Practices, Thematic Section, Part I” Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 John W. Arthur, Soultana Maria Valamoti
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Bridging Ethnoarchaeology and Archaeology in the Ethiopian Gamo Highlands Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 John W. Arthur
This article is a case study that applies long-term ceramic ethnoarchaeology to recent archaeological research in the Gamo region of Ethiopia. The region is located on the western escarpment of the...
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Traditional Knowledge and Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands: Pathways to Understanding Past and Present Foodways Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Laurie A. Nixon-Darcus, A. Catherine D’Andrea
Research on ancient and present-day foodways in northern highland Ethiopia, focused on grinding stones (querns, handstones) and non-mechanized crop processing, has demonstrated the continuity of fo...
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Present Use and Production of Metates and Molcajetes in Turícuaro (Michoacán, Mexico): Deciphering the Evolution of Food Preparation Practices Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Caroline Hamon, Grégory Pereira, Oryaëlle Chevrel, Laurent Aubry, Claus Siebe, Osiris Quesada, Nancy Reyes-Guzmán
In Central America, maize processing for the production of tortillas bears a strong cultural connotation of the preservation of cultural traditions. The METATE project aims to explore the long-term...
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Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories): Narratives of Rock Art from Yanyuwa Country in Northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Annie Ross
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Dreg Deposits and Domestic Beer Production: Assessing the Ubiquity of Chicha Production in the Wari Empire Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Donna J. Nash, Matthew E. Biwer, Emilee Witte
Chicha (a fermented beverage) was an essential element of the political economy for some prehistoric Andean societies. In this article we outline the archaeological correlates of chicha production ...
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The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Robert K. Hitchcock
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Blood and Pearls: Cazoopin (Colonial Spaniards) in the Comcaac Region of Mexico Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña, Lorenzo Herrera Casanova, Luz Alicia Torres Cubillas
ABSTRACT In collaboration with Comcaac (Seris) Indigenous community members from the Sonoran coast of Mexico, this study integrates ethnographic, archaeological, documentary, and oral historical data to better understand the Comcaac past relevant to the present. This is the first publication of Comcaac historical accounts about the Cazoopin, or colonial Spaniards, extending back to AD 1750 and earlier
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Replicating the Manufacturing Sequence of Ground Discoidal Biconvex Stones from Southeastern South America: Experimental Research Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Hugo G. Nami
ABSTRACT Ground discoidal lenticular stones are common archaeological finds in southeastern South America in the area of southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. As part of an ongoing experimental program to explore and understand diverse aspects of lithic technologies from the Americas, this article reports a preliminary experiment dedicated to replicating this particular artifact. The
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Bone Awls and Basketry in Tierra del Fuego: Complementarity between Ethnography and Experimentation Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Anna Franch Bach, Vanesa E. Parmigiani, M. Estela Mansur, Hernán H. De Angelis, M. Celina Alvarez Soncini
ABSTRACT The use of rushes and bone awls for indigenous basketry is mentioned in ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources from across the Americas, including Tierra del Fuego. Our research aimed to reproduce and record the technical process of basketry and how bone awls are involved in it, according to hypotheses derived from the ethnographic data. For this study, a techno-functional approach was adopted
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Great Zimbabwe: Reclaiming a “Confiscated” Past Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Diane Lyons
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Aquatic Adaptations in Mesoamerica: Subsistence Activities in Ethnoarchaeological Perspective Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Ramón Folch González
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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The Archaeology of Space and Place in the West Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2023-02-24 Laura W. Ng
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Relative Heating Effectiveness and the Decline of the Soapstone Cooking Vessel in Eastern North America Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-11-05 Daniel Wilcox, Richard S. Meindl, Linda B. Spurlock, Metin I. Eren, Michelle R. Bebber
ABSTRACT During the North American Late Archaic Period, people produced ceramic vessels from clay and stone vessels from soapstone. While both ceramic and soapstone vessels proliferated across eastern North America, the former evolved and endured into the subsequent periods, while the latter declined. Here, we conducted an experiment to assess heating effectiveness between soapstone and ceramic vessels
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The Life History of Coffee-Related Pottery Traditions in Ethiopia: Ethnoarchaeology and Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-10-01 Worku Derara-Megenassa
ABSTRACT Coffea arabica, the most widely consumed variety of coffee globally, is the Ethiopian domesticate par excellence. Ironically, archaeological research on the early cultivation and consumption of this plant in its place of origin is sparse. This ethnoarchaeological study among Kafecho, Majangir, and Oromo coffee-producing communities in southwest Ethiopia examines the processes by which coffee-related
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Ancient Andean Houses: Making, Inhabiting, Studying Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Darryl Wilkinson
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Wine Jars and Jar Makers of Cyprus: The Ethnoarchaeology of Pitharia Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Peter M. Day
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 14, No. 2, 2022)
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Estimating the Contribution of Lithic Pseudo Artifacts to the Archaeological Record: Actualistic Taphonomic Research at Casa de Piedra de Roselló 1 (Chubut, Argentina) Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-08-22 Karen Borrazzo
ABSTRACT The presence of pseudo artifacts in the archaeological record is not rare, especially in contexts where lithic raw material of good flaking quality is naturally available. If taphonomic processes and lithic raw material are in place, assessing the contribution of pseudo artifacts is a necessary step in a taphonomically oriented archaeological research design. This was the case at Casa de Piedra
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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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Retracing Inca Steps: Adventures in Andean Ethnoarchaeology Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Di Hu
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 14, No. 1, 2022)
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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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The Story of Garum: Fermented Fish Sauce and Salted Fish in the Ancient World Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Andrea Yankowski
Published in Ethnoarchaeology: Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and Experimental Studies (Vol. 14, No. 1, 2022)
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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