The Social Life of Palimpsests: Skill, Bifacial Stone Knapping, and Differentiation in the Plowed Fields of La Martre

IF 3.2 1区 历史学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY
Manek Kolhatkar
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Archaeological palimpsests are depositional units where the remains of various human occupations have been mixed for hundreds to hundreds of thousands of years. They create various sets of analytical scales that archaeologists must deal with routinely. In this paper, I argue that sociocultural processes derived from a communities of practice framework — scaffolding, guided participation, and continuity through shared activities — can be used by archaeologists to describe a palimpsest’s lithic assemblage, to differentiate its patterns, and to interpret their meaning. These processes must first be remapped onto an ecological approach to skill before they can be expanded onto new sets of scales, however. I ground my work at the site of La Martre (Quebec, Canada), a nexus of fifteen marine terraces spread over 500,000 m2. Slow depositional processes and plowing have mixed its lithic remains to create a 10,000-year-wide depositional unit with poor chronological and spatial control. Fieldwork conducted between 1995 and 1999 sampled 0.03% of its total surface. Most of its 2111 tools and 207,506 flakes were uncovered in its 40-cm-thick plowzone. I build methodological tools — dispersion surfaces, skill combinatorics, and extended skilled reduction sequences — to describe a small subset (N=93) from one of La Martre’s loci (16-west). I describe ten extended skilled reduction sequences showing various degrees of skill and knapping methods. Concepts of scaffolding, guided participation and continuity through shared activities are then used to interpret these patterns.

重写本的社会生活:拉玛尔特犁地里的技巧、两面石和分化
考古重写本是沉积单元,各种人类职业的遗迹在这里混合了数百到数十万年。他们创造了考古学家必须经常处理的各种分析尺度。在这篇论文中,我认为,考古学家可以利用源自实践社区框架的社会文化过程——脚手架、引导参与和通过共享活动的连续性——来描述重写本的石器组合,区分其模式,并解释其含义。然而,在将这些过程扩展到新的尺度上之前,必须首先将其重新映射到技能的生态方法上。我的工作地点是La Martre(加拿大魁北克省),这是一个由15个海洋阶地组成的连接点,面积超过500000平方米。缓慢的沉积过程和犁耕混合了其石器时代的遗迹,形成了一个10000年宽的沉积单元,时间和空间控制较差。1995年至1999年间进行的实地调查对其总表面的0.03%进行了采样。它的2111件工具和207506片中的大部分都是在40厘米厚的犁区内发现的。我建立了方法论工具——离散曲面、技能组合和扩展的技能归约序列——来描述来自La Martre基因座之一(西部16个)的一个子集(N=93)。我描述了十个扩展的熟练归约序列,显示了不同程度的技巧和技巧。然后,脚手架、引导参与和通过共享活动的连续性的概念被用来解释这些模式。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, the leading journal in its field,  presents original articles that address method- or theory-focused issues of current archaeological interest and represent significant explorations on the cutting edge of the discipline.   The journal also welcomes topical syntheses that critically assess and integrate research on a specific subject in archaeological method or theory, as well as examinations of the history of archaeology.    Written by experts, the articles benefit an international audience of archaeologists, students of archaeology, and practitioners of closely related disciplines.  Specific topics covered in recent issues include:  the use of nitche construction theory in archaeology,  new developments in the use of soil chemistry in archaeological interpretation, and a model for the prehistoric development of clothing.  The Journal''s distinguished Editorial Board includes archaeologists with worldwide archaeological knowledge (the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Africa), and expertise in a wide range of methodological and theoretical issues.  Rated ''A'' in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory is rated ''A'' in the ERIH, a new reference index that aims to help evenly access the scientific quality of Humanities research output. For more information visit: http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/activities/research-infrastructures.html Rated ''A'' in the Australian Research Council Humanities and Creative Arts Journal List.  For more information, visit: http://www.arc.gov.au/era/journal_list_dev.htm
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