Ethnoarchaeology

Social approaches in pottery distribution networks: the case of Upper East Ghana

by David Javaloyas Molina

Published in: Old Pottery Almanack (2011), 16 (1)

This paper analyze the variables which simultaneously influence vessel distribution and consumption patterns in... more This paper analyze the variables which simultaneously influence vessel distribution and consumption patterns in Northeast of Ghana: infrastructure of mobility (roads, means of transport), scale of production and qualities of pots, labour organization, territoriality and settlement. Nevertheless, social and familiar relationships, and also different social perceptions established between the various ethnic groups, are active agents that determine the distribution areas, networks and trade systems as well as the choices of consumers.

LA CAZA DEL COIPO. SU IMPORTANCIA ECONÓMICA Y SOCIAL DESDE MOMENTOS PREHISPÁNICOS HASTA LA ACTUALIDAD

by Paula Escosteguy

The ethnoarchaeology of firewood management in the Fang villages of Equatorial Guinea, central Africa: Implications for the interpretation of wood fuel remains from …

by Eleni Asouti

published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (2011) vol. 30, pp. 375-384

In archaeological literature, the study of trees and wood remains is a topic of relatively marginal interest,... more In archaeological literature, the study of trees and wood remains is a topic of relatively marginal interest, especially compared to texts on crops and human–animal relations. However, charcoal is the most frequent botanical remain found in archaeological sites. Charcoal analysis can therefore play a major role in the development of studies in both landscape and palaeoethnobotanical reconstruction. The majority of the archaeological charcoal assemblages reflect the exploitation of wood as an energy source (fuel). The archaeological study of firewood selection has been predominantly developed from ‘‘eco utilitarian’’ or ‘‘subsistence economy’’ perspectives, but has not yet considered fuel collection and use as one of the most enduring categories of human–environment interactions, nor has archaeology looked into its potential as a source of empirical information on past perceptions of, and interactions with, ancient landscapes. The aim of this paper is to expand previous archaeological work on the interpretation of charcoal macroremains through the study of firewood collection as a historically constituted, socially mediated and archaeologically observable landscape practice. In order to achieve this, we present an ethnoarchaeological case study from the Fang society of Equatorial Guinea (central Africa) aimed at gaining a better understanding of the complex interactions between cultural, ecological and economic variables in firewood collection strategies.

Broderick, L.G., 2012. Ritualisation (or The Four Fully-Articulated Ungulates of The Apocalypse). In Pluskowski, A. ed. The Ritual Killing and Burial of Animals: European Perspectives. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 22-32

by Lee Broderick

Remembering the invisible: blind spots in the reconstruction of prehistoric food procurement

by Isabell Schmidt

Tafelmaier, Y. & Schmidt, I. 2012: Remembering the invisible – blind spots in the reconstruction of food procurement. In: Proceedings of the IV Conference of Jovens em Investigação Arqueológica, Universidade do Algarve, Faro (Portugal) from 11th to 14th May 2011. Núcleo de Arqueologia e Paleoecologia (NAP), Faro.

Most of the conducted scientific analysis in Paleolithic research aims to enlighten the question of how prehistoric... more Most of the conducted scientific analysis in Paleolithic research aims to enlighten the question of how prehistoric hominids organized themselves to guarantee their survival. To reconstruct resource procurement and processing, archaeologists continuously use information from the ethnographic record. In the presented study, we analyze ethnographic film material concerned with food acquisition and processing among hunter-gatherers, focusing on activities and decisions that are not directly reflected in the preserved material world. In drawing attention to these “blind spots” within archaeological records, we intend to sensitize for the wide range of (ethnographically documented) scenarios that exist. They are often ignored when it comes to the interpretation of archaeological remains. The low resolution of archaeological records might provoke a simplification, but we argue that the ignorance of the variability can lead to severe misinterpretations in the reconstruction of resource procurement and processing.

Reprezentativnost mobilní části materiální kultury ve srovnání s etnografickými prameny - Representativity of the mobile components of archaeological cultures in comparison with ethnographic sources (In Czech with English summary)epresentativity

by Jaromír Beneš

Part of authors MA thessis in Charles university Prague in 1986

Paper investigates material culture of three "entnografic" cultures and three archaeological localities with... more Paper investigates material culture of three "entnografic" cultures and three archaeological localities with organic material cuture (wetland sites). Analysis of mobile components comprises relation between material culture and archaeological intepretation.

Stefano Biagetti and Jasper Morgan Chalcraft (in press - Aug. 2012)Imagining Aridity: Human–Environment Interactions in the Acacus Mountains, South-West Libya. In M. Janowki and T. Ingold (eds) Imagining Landscapes: Past, Present and Future. Ashgate

by Stefano Biagetti

PROJEKTI ETNOARKEOLOGJIK I LUGINËS SË DEVOLLIT: Raporti paraprak për KOBAS 2007

by Douglas Park 

2007. Written with Keti Zotaj and Anisa Tanaka
Report in Albanian on ethnoarchaeological survey of Korca Basin, Albania

Broderick, L.G., 2012. Book Review: Ethnozooarchaeology: The Present and Past of Human-Animal Relationships by U. Albarella and A. Trentacoste. Ethnoarchaeology, 4, 1. 108-110

by Lee Broderick

Checklist for recording the cultivation and uses of hulled wheats

by Mark Nesbitt

Nesbitt, M., G. Hillman, L. Peña Chocarro, D. Samuel, and A. T. Szabó. 1996. "Checklist for recording the cultivation and uses of hulled wheats," in Hulled wheats. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops 4. Edited by S. Padulosi, K. Hammer, and J. Heller, pp. 234-245. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute.

The Role of Ethnographic Museum Collections in Understanding Bone Tool Use

by Elisabeth Stone

Stone, Elisabeth A.
2011 The Role of Ethnographic Museum Collections in Understanding Bone Tool Use. In Written in Bones. Studies on technological and social context of past faunal skeletal remains, edited by Justyna Baron and Bernadeta Kufel-Diakowska. Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wrocław, Poland.

Osseous tools are an important component of the material culture of many ancient and contemporary groups and
are... more Osseous tools are an important component of the material culture of many ancient and contemporary groups and
are used in a wide range of activities. One of the major uses of bone tools is the preparation and manufacture of basketry,
woven fabrics, mats, nets, hides, and leathers. Because fiber technologies have low survival potential in the
archaeological record, I propose that some classes of osseous tools are a good proxy for fiber processing and may
provide direct evidence for this practice through use-related attrition. Functional analysis of archaeological specimens
may include comparison to both experimental and ethnographic tools, as the context and process of wear accumulation
are known in such cases and help provide standards for the assessment of attrition patterns on archaeological artifacts.
Here I examine some of the variability in morphology and use of bone tools from ethnographic and ethnohistoric
museum collections and explore the utility of these collections to create comparative standards for the assessment
of archaeological artifacts and for the construction of experimental programs. I discuss some of the diverse kinds of
records that provide information on contemporary and historic bone tool use and argue that studies of the ethnographic
material record can be productively organized at the artifact level.

MORMINTELE DE INCINERAŢIE DIN PERIOADA NEOLITICĂ ŞI ENEOLITICĂ DE PE TERITORIUL ROMÂNIEI. O ANALIZĂ ETNOARHEOLOGICĂ

by Catalin Lazar

Co-authored with Sanda Bacuet-Crisan, in Apulum XLVIII/2011

Telangana Ethno-metallurgical Survey: An interim report

by Tathagata Neogi

Neogi, T. and Jaikishan, S. (2011) ‘Telangana Ethnoarchaeological Survey: an interim report’ in G. Juleff, S. Srinivasan and S. Ranganathan (eds.) Pioneering Metallurgy: The origins of iron and steel making in the southern Indian Sub-Continent (Interim Report 2011), pp. 15-19, Bangalore.

Tecnologia tradicional da navegação fluvial em Trás-os-Montes. As bateiras do rio Sabor

by Lois Ladra

-LADRA, Lois & PINHO, Valdemar (2010-2011): "Tecnologia tradicional da navegação fluvial em Trás-os-Montes. As bateiras do rio Sabor", 'Brigantia', vol. XXX-XXXI, pp. 411-424.

Traditional Fishing, Mollusk Gathering, and the Shell Mound Builders of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

by Daniela Klokler

Co-authored with Maria Dulce Gaspar and Paulo De Blasis.
Published in Journal of Ethnobiology 31(2):188-212

This article presents results of ethnographic research on modern fishers and mollusk gatherers from the state of Santa... more This article presents results of ethnographic research on modern fishers and mollusk gatherers from the state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. Information from interviews is correlated with questions regarding the lifeways of groups that built large shell mounds along the Brazilian coast between 6,000 and 1,000 years ago.
Ethnoarchaeological research helps deconstruct misconceptions regarding these prehistoric communities, demonstrating that large-scale sedentary groups could have successfully utilized estuarine resources on a yearround basis.

The tortoise and the ostrich egg: projecting the home base hypothesis into the 21st century

by Brian Stewart

2011 in Sept, J. and Pilbeam, D., 'Casting the net wide: papers in honor of Glynn Isaac and his studies on human origins', pp. 254-278. Co-authored with John Parkington and John W. Fisher Jr.

Intentional burning of dung as fuel: a mechanism for the incorporation of charred seeds into the archaeological record

by Naomi Miller

Miller, Naomi F. and Tristine L. Smart. 1984. Journal of Ethnobiology 4: 15-28.

The use of dung as fuel: an ethnographic example and an archaeological application

by Naomi Miller

1984. Paléorient 10(2): 71-79.

BIAGETTI, S.: (2008) Etnoarcheologia: pensieri e prospettive dal Sahara. Origini XXX: 285-294.

by Stefano Biagetti

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by Olivier Weller