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ARK-3012: Form and meaning in archaeology: theory and practice Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Objectives
Optional Master''s course. Can be used as a supplement to social anthropology and art history. | Contents
Development of theoretical and practical knowledge concerning the nature of formal variation in archaeology. Formal variation is central to most archaeological problems, either seen through traditional classification or theorized as style. The course considers theoretical views on categorization, style and meaning, and methodological approaches to the analysis of formal variation in lithics, ceramics, metal implements and rock art. The method component involves some quantitative methods. Project work will provide experience in solving analytical problems. | Compulsory prerequisites
ARK-2002 Problem Solving in Archaeology | Form of teaching
The course has multiple teaching approaches | Assessment
An essay of about 10 pages.
Students are expected to attend classes and participate in discussions and project work. The grades exam consists of a 10 pages essay on a topic chosen by the student.
Grading scale of A-E for pass, F for fail.
The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester. | Examination semester
Autumn | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
First or second year at master''s level. | Contact person/lecturer
Brita Solvang | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Homepage
http://uit.no/arkeologi/emner/18
| Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?department=ALLE&module=ARK-3012-1 |
Utfyllende informasjon
OBS: Dette var programmet for høst 2004. Neste gang emnet kjøres kan opplegget være annerledes i innhold og kanskje i form
Undervisning
Seminarer med skriftlige og muntlige presentasjoner.
Eksamen/evaluering
Semesteroppgave, prosjektarbeid; karakter A-F.
Evaluering baseres på et semesteroppgave på ca. 15 s. Oppgavet skrives på et tema av interesse til studenten, særlig noe som kunne være vesentlig til sitt Mastersoppgavet. Forskning på oppgavet bør begynne tidlig i semesteret og forsette utover semesteret. Oppgavet innleveres ved slutten av semesteret.
Syllabus
En foreløpige oversikt over temaer og vesentlig litteratur finnes nedenfor.
1) Form og tid: tradisjonell typologi og seriasjon
Montelius, O. 1900. Typologien eller utvecklingsläran tillämpad på det menskliga arbetet. Svenska Fornminnesföreningens Tidskrift 10:237-268.
Kroeber, A. 1919. On the Principle of Order in Civilization as Exemplified by Changes of Fashion. American Anthropologist 21:235-263. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
Krieger, A. 1944. The Typological Concept. American Antiquity 9:271-288. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
Ford, J. A. 1954. On the Concept of Types: The Type Concept Revisited. American Anthropologist 56:42-53.
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Spaulding, A. 1953. Statistical Techniques for the Discovery of Artifact Types. American Antiquity 18:305-313. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
Dethlefsen, E. and J. Deetz. 1966. Death's Heads, Cherubs, and Willow Trees: Experimental Archaeology in Colonial Cemeteries. American Antiquity 31:502-510. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
2) Form, funksjon og stil: klassifisering og den tidlig prosessuell arkeologi
Binford, L.R. og S.R. Binford 1966. A Preliminary Analysis of Functional Variability in the Mousterian of Levallois Facies. American Anthropologist 68(2) Part 2, Recent Studies in Paleoanthropology, red. av J.D. Clark og F.C. Howell, s. 238-295. Trykkt om I L.R. Binford: Working at Archaeology, Academic Press, New York, s.71-124. Utdrag s. 71-102, 120-124. [selvkopiering]
Clarke, D.L. 1968. Analytical Archaeology. Metheun, London. Utvalg fra: kapitel 1 "Introduction and Polemic" (s. 35-37), kapitel 4 "Material Culture Systems-- Attribute and Artefact" (s. 152-155, 160-167, 171-178, 182-186), og kapitel 5 "Artefact and Type" (s.205-217). [selvkopiering]
Hill, J. A. og R. K. Evans. 1972. A Model for Classification and Typology. I Models in Archaeology, red. av D.L. Clarke, s. 231-273. Metheun, London. [selvkopiering]
Longacre, W. A. 1970. Archaeology as Anthropology. A Case Study. Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 17, University of Arizona Press, Tucson. (utdrag: s. 2-3, 16-52). [selvkopiering]
Whallon, R. 1968. Investigations of Late Prehistoric Social Organization in New York State. I New Perspectives in Archeology, red. av S. Binford og L.R. Binford, s. 223-244. Aldine, Chicago.
3) Stil, informasjon, isokrestism og den romlig dimensjon
Hodder, I. 1978. The Spatial Structure of Material "Cultures": A Review of Some of the Evidence. I The Spatial Organisation of Culture, red. av I. Hodder, s. 93-111. Duckworth, London.
Sackett, J. 1990. Style and Ethnicity in Archaeology: The Case for Isochrestism. I The Uses of Style in Archaeology, red. av M. Conkey og C. Hastorf, s. 32-43. Cambridge University Press.
Shennan, S.J. 1978. Archaeological "Cultures": An Empirical Investigation. I The Spatial Organisation of Culture, red. av I. Hodder, s. 113-139. Duckworth, London.
Wiessner, P. 1984. Reconsidering the Behavioral Basis for Style: A Case Study Among the Kalahari San. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 3:190-234.
Wobst, M. 1977. Stylistic Behavior and Information Exchange. I For the Director: Research Essays in Honor of James B. Griffin, red. av C. Cleland, s. 317-342. Museum of Anthropology Anthropological Paper 61, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
4) Arkeologisk metrologi: metoder for synligjøring av variasjon
Madsen, T. 1985. Numerisk dataanalyse for arkeologer. Institut for Forhistorisk Arkæologi, Aarhus Universitet. Kapitel 1 og 2: "Variabelanalyse og variabelvalg" og Variabelanalyse, afhængighedsforhold, klassifikasjon og multidimensionalitet". s. 7-27.
Madsen, T. 1989. Seriation-- en grundlæggende arkæologisk arbejdsmetode. KARK 3:8-19.
Wobst, M. 1997. Towards an "Appropriate Metrology" of Human Action in Archaeology. I Time, Process and Structured Transformation in Archaeology, red. av S. van der Leeuw og J. McGlade, s. 426-448. Routledge, London.
5) Kategori, symbol og mening
Boast, R. 1997. "A Small Company of Actors": A Critique of Style. Journal of Material Culture 2:173-198.
Hodder, I. 1982. Symbols in Action. Cambridge University Press. Kapitel 3 og 5: "Maintaining the Boundaries" og "Within the Boundaries: Age, Sex and Self-Decoration". s. 37-57, 75-86.
Lindstrom, T.C. og S. Kristoffersen. 2001. "Figure it Out!" Psychological Perspectives on Perception of Migration Period Animal Art. Norwegian Archaeological Review 34(2):65-84. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
Miller, D. 1985. Artefacts as Categories. A Study of Ceramic Variability in Central India. Cambridge University Press. Kapitel 9: "Pottery as Categories," s. 161-183.
Ortman, S.G. 2000. Conceptual Metaphor in the Archaeological Record: methods and an Example from the American Southwest. American Antiquity 65:613-645.
Shanks, M. og C. Tilley. 1987. Style and Ideology. I Re-constructing Archaeology, s. 137-171. [selvkopiering]
6) Darwinisme, utvalg og form
Dunnell, R. C. 1978. Style and Function. A Fundamental Dichotomy. American Antiquity 43:192-202. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
Neff, H. 1992. Ceramics and Evolution. I Evolutionary Archaeology. Theory and Application, red. av M.J. O'Brien, s. 244-269. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Shennan, Stephen
2002 Genes, Memes and Human History. Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution. Thames and Hudson, London. Kapitler 3 og 4, s. 35-99. "Culture as an Evolutionary System" og "The Evolutionary Archaeology of Cultural Traditions". [selvkopiering]
6) Forbi typologi og stil: teknologisk valg
Dietler, M. Og I. Herbich. 1998. Habitus, Techniques, Style: An Integrated Approach to the Social Understanding of Material Culture and Boundaries. I The Archaeology of Social Boundaries, red. av. M.T. Stark, s. 232-263. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Stark, M.T. 1999. Social Dimension of Technical Choice in Kalinga Ceramic Traditions. I Material Meanings. Critical Approaches to the Interpretation of Material Culture, red av. E.S. Chilton, s. 24-43. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Welsch, R.L. og J. E. Terrell. 1998. Material Culture, Social Fields, and Social Boundaries on the Sepik Coast of New Guinea. . I The Archaeology of Social Boundaries, red. av. M.T. Stark, s. 50-77. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
7) Form og praksis 1: steinteknologi
Praksis: et eller annet konkret om steinmaterial
Eriksen, B. V. 2000. Châine opératoire-- den operative proces og kunsten at tænke som en flinthugger. I Flintstudier, red. av B.V. Eriksen, s.75-100. Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Knutsson, Kjel. 1998. Convention and Lithic Analysis. I Proceedings From the Third Flint Alternatives Conference at Uppsala, Sweden, 1996, red. av L. Holm og K. Knutsson, s. 71-93. Occasional Papers in Archaeology 16, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University.
8) Form og praksis 2: keramikk
Praksis: Beaker problemet: en gang til
Barrett, J.C. 1994. The Beaker Complex: An Archaeological Text. I Fragments from Antiquity. An Archaeology of Social Life in Britain, 2900-1200 BC. Blackwell, Oxford. Kun s. 88-94.
Gebauer, A. B. 1988. Stylistic Variation in the Pottery of the Funnel Beaker Culture. I Multivariate Archaeology. Numerical Approaches in Scandinavian Archaeology, red av. T. Madsen, s. 91-118. Jutland Archaeological Society Publication 21, Aarhus University Press.
Rice, P.M. 1987. Pottery Analysis. A Sourcebook. University of Chicago Press. Kapitel 8: "Decorative Styles and Stylistic Analysis", og Kapitel 9: "Special Topics in Archaeological, Ethnoarchaeological and Ethnographic Pottery Studies". s. 244-305. [selvkopiering]
9) Form og Praksis 3: metall
Ottaway, B. 2001. Innovation, Production and Specialization in Early Prehistoric Copper Metallurgy. European Journal of Archaeology 4:87-112. [nedlastes fra BIBSYS]
10) Form og praksis 3: bergkunst
Forsberg, L. 1993. En kronologisk analys av ristingarna vid Nämforsen. I Ekonomi och Näringsformer i Nordisk Bronsålder, red av. L. Forsberg og T.B. Larsson, s. 195-246. Studia Archaeologica Universitatis Umensis 3, Umeå. [selvkopiering]
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