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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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 |
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A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions |
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A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions |
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A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions |
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A window to Amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions |
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window to amazonian precolonial history: looking beyond – and in spite of – phases and traditions |
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi |
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas |
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1981-8122 |
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2007-04-01 |
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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. |
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Ceramic variability Archaeological phases Amazonian archaeology |
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http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bh/artigos/chv2n1_2007/janela(schaan).pdf |
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