dc.contributor.author |
Holdaway SJ |
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dc.contributor.author |
Phillipps R |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2020-10-15T20:36:02Z |
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dc.date.available |
2020-10-15T20:36:02Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020-8-9 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/53287 |
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dc.description.abstract |
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. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Cambridge Archaeological Journal |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
2101 Archaeology |
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dc.title |
Artefact Categories, Artefact Assemblages and
Ontological Alterity |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1017/S095977432000030X |
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dc.date.updated |
2020-09-29T00:29:00Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
817121 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2020-8-9 |
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