Ground stone technology in context: Consumption of grinding tools and social practice at Neolithic Avgi, NW Greece

IF 1.1 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
T. Bekiaris
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Excavations at the Neolithic site of Avgi (Middle-Late Neolithic, circa 5700-4500 cal. BCE) in the Kastoria region, northwestern Greece, brought to light one of the largest ground stone assemblages known from Neolithic Greece. More than 8000 ground stone tools and objects, raw materials and by-products comprise a valuable record for investigating various aspects of ground stone technology (production, consumption, discard), while their rich contextual information provides an ideal opportunity for addressing its significance for Neolithic societies. This paper examines the presence of grinding tools (stable grinding slabs and mobile grinders, their raw materials and by-products) within different spatiotemporal contexts (habitational phases, buildings, open areas, pits). Through the detailed technological and contextual analysis of the grinding artifacts we seek to explore different aspects of their biographies, related to their manufacture, use, maintenance, destruction and discard, within the context of a single Neolithic community. The goal is to shed light on the multiple ways through which the Neolithic society of Avgi consumed those technological products in various social occasions, practices and places (e.g., daily routine activities, special events of communal or symbolic character, individual houses and communal activity areas) and explore their role in the formation of social identities and the production of social meaning.
背景下的磨石技术:希腊西北部新石器时代阿夫吉的研磨工具消费和社会实践
在希腊西北部卡斯托里亚地区的新石器时代Avgi遗址(新石器时代中晚期,约公元前5700-4500年)的发掘,揭示了新石器时代希腊已知的最大的磨石组合之一。8000多件磨石工具和物品、原材料和副产品构成了研究磨石技术各个方面(生产、消费、丢弃)的宝贵记录,而它们丰富的背景信息为解决其对新石器时代社会的意义提供了理想的机会。本文考察了研磨工具(稳定的研磨板和移动研磨机,它们的原材料和副产品)在不同时空环境(居住阶段、建筑、开放区域、坑)中的存在。通过对研磨文物的详细技术和背景分析,我们试图在一个新石器时代社区的背景下,探索他们传记的不同方面,与他们的制造、使用、维护、破坏和丢弃有关。其目的是揭示阿夫吉新石器时代社会在各种社交场合消费这些技术产品的多种方式,实践和场所(如日常日常活动、具有公共或象征性的特殊活动、个人住宅和公共活动区),并探讨它们在形成社会身份和产生社会意义方面的作用。
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