A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions

A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions

In this article, it is in debate the assumed correlation between pottery industry (phase) and social group. It is argued that this assumption is not adequate to understand either variability or change in material culture. Three case studies are presented in order to demonstrate that technological an...

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Main Author: Denise Pahl Schaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2007-04-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
Subjects:
Ceramic variability
Archaeological phases
Amazonian archaeology
Online Access:http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv2n1_2007/janela(schaan).pdf
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spelling doaj-3ea28e8d89de4918b8336cf8eb420b062020-11-24T23:38:57ZengMuseu Paraense Emílio GoeldiBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas1981-81222007-04-01217789A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditionsDenise Pahl SchaanIn this article, it is in debate the assumed correlation between pottery industry (phase) and social group. It is argued that this assumption is not adequate to understand either variability or change in material culture. Three case studies are presented in order to demonstrate that technological and iconographic similarities between artifact assemblages might correspond to different sociopolitical organizations and subsistence patterns; the identification of stylistic variability inside of a single phase might signalize political limits, as well as sociocultural identities; and typological variation (especially regarding decoration), used to define distinct phases, might mask cultural continuity and sociopolitical change within a single territory.http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv2n1_2007/janela(schaan).pdfCeramic variabilityArchaeological phasesAmazonian archaeology
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A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
Ceramic variability
Archaeological phases
Amazonian archaeology
author_facet Denise Pahl Schaan
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title A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
title_short A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
title_full A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
title_fullStr A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
title_full_unstemmed A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
title_sort window to amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions
publisher Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
series Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
issn 1981-8122
publishDate 2007-04-01
description In this article, it is in debate the assumed correlation between pottery industry (phase) and social group. It is argued that this assumption is not adequate to understand either variability or change in material culture. Three case studies are presented in order to demonstrate that technological and iconographic similarities between artifact assemblages might correspond to different sociopolitical organizations and subsistence patterns; the identification of stylistic variability inside of a single phase might signalize political limits, as well as sociocultural identities; and typological variation (especially regarding decoration), used to define distinct phases, might mask cultural continuity and sociopolitical change within a single territory.
topic Ceramic variability
Archaeological phases
Amazonian archaeology
url http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv2n1_2007/janela(schaan).pdf
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