scholarly journals Archaeologists, Treasure Hunters and Collectors: Heritage in the Spotlight

Heritage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Virginia Salerno ◽  
Natalia Mazzia ◽  
María González ◽  
Cecilia Pérez de Micou
Keyword(s):  
World Archaeological ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Archaeological Objects

This paper inquiries into different aspects involved in gathering archaeological materials practices in the contemporary world. Archaeological objects comprise an intricate network of interests such as social, academic, scientific, touristic, historical, territorial, and economic, among others. It is based on those interests that the objects are appropriated and re-signified depending on specific contexts. We introduce two Argentinean cases in order to look into the relations between people and collected objects, and how those relations intertwine with social and political issues. Founded on these cases, we assess the need to create a broad-encompassing framework to study the collecting practices and the great diversity of actors involved.

scholarly journals The Complexes of the Late Period of the Nabil Archaeological Culture (North-Western Sakhalin).

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-145
Author(s):  
Pashentsev P. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Sakhalin Island ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
South Sakhalin ◽  
Trade And Exchange ◽  
Metal Tools ◽  
Archaeological Objects

The article analyzes the archaeological materials of the two Nabil dwellings located on the sand spit, which separates one of the largest lagoons in the north-eastern part of Sakhalin Island from the Sea of Okhotsk. The researched archaeological objects are presented by pit dwellings with entrances in the form of a corridor-crawlway. The objects are synchronized, and they have C14 calibration age within the 4th –2nd century BC. During the existence of the settlement (the climate boundary was between Sub-Boreal and Sub-Atlantic phases) the climate was a little warmer than the modern one. The objects were located in the favourable fishing area of the island. The household complexes of the dwellings are similar. The Nabil’s pottery has foreign cultural influence and it is differentiated from the Early Nabil complexes. There are a lot of stone tools intended for the fishery. The stone tools were locally produced. There are both the stone tools and the corroded metal fragments and the stone replica of the metal tools. The Nabil jewelry is of transit origin and it shows the presence of relationships between South Sakhalin and the continental areas of Far East. It is assumed that in the conditions of a shortage of metals, the need for its import caused the integration of the peoples of Sakhalin into the system of regional trade and exchange relations. Keywords: Sakhalin Island, Paleometal age, Nabil culture, pit dwelling, pointed shape pottery, stone tools, tubular beads, iron Acknowledgements: The author is grateful to her teachers and colleagues Doctor of History Alexander A. Vasilevsky and Candidate of History Vyacheslav A. Grishchenko for critical and suggestive remarks that contributed to a broader understanding of the sources.

scholarly journals Archaeology of Semirechye at the End of the 19th Century (Based on the Materials of the Expedition Led by Ch.-E. Ujfalvy)

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Alisa Yu. Borisenko
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
The North ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
French Author ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Illustrative Material ◽  
Archaeological Objects

Purpose. This article analyzes the archaeological materials gathered by French explorer of Hungarian descent Charles-Eugène Ujfalvy in the course of his expedition into Semirechye (Jetysu). In 1879 his work “French scientific expedition to Russia, Siberia and Turkestan” (“Expédition scientifique française en Russe, en Sibérie et dans le Turkestan”) was published in Paris, where the author expounded extensive and diverse materials on the history, demography, natural economic and cultural specificities of Central Asia. Results. Activities of the European explorers, French in particular, in the territory of Central Asia not once have been the subject of attention and research by specialists. However, only a few mentions in scientific literature can be found about the work of Ch.-E. Ujfalvy in the territory of Jetysu. They are particularly small in number and contain either mentions about the fact of that journey or general descriptions of the expedition. Analysis of archaeological materials gathered by scientists has not been carried out before. The expeditionary route passed through territories that the French author called the Russian Turkestan, by limiting it to Semey in the north, Zarafshan in the south, Fergana Valley in the east and Aral Sea in the west. Ch.-E. Ujfalvy was one of those whose work was distinguished by a great variety and volume of collected material on the history, geography, and traditional culture of the peoples living in the studied territories. Conclusion. Ch.-E. Ujfalvy’s monograph includes not only texts, but also illustrative material. He also outlined the archaeological sites and findings among the landscaping and natural attractions described by the explorer. He has covered some of them in text and some are simply sketched and attached as illustrations to the monograph. The scientist highlights several types of archaeological objects. The article provides a data review about archaeological antiquities of the Jetysu region, gathered by Ch.-E. Ujfalvy in the course of his expedition.

The Anarchical Society at 40

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
International Society ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Racial Inequalities ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Society Perspective ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Impact

Hedley Bull’s The Anarchical Society was published in 1977. Though considered as one of the classics in International Relations, it does not address many world political issues that concern us deeply today—volatile great power relations after the end of the Cold War, the rise of terrorism, financial crises, climate change, the impact of the Internet, deep-rooted racial inequalities, violence against women. Moreover, through the evolution of International Relations as an academic pursuit, various limitations of the type of approach followed by Bull are coming to light. Against this background, eighteen contributors to this collection, with diverse intellectual orientations and academic specializations, have revisited Bull’s book forty years on to assess its limitations and resilience. A number of contributors point to certain fundamental problems stemming from Bull’s a historical conceptual theorizing. However, several others find arguments and insights developed or hidden in his text which are still relevant, in some cases, highly so, to understanding contemporary world politics while others explore ways of augmenting Bull’s intellectual repertoire. An intricate tapestry of ideas emerges from the criss-crossing contributions to the volume and, through this, it becomes clear that there is more to The Anarchical Society than the ‘international society’ perspective with which it is conventionally associated. The contemporary relevance of Bull’s work is clearest when we recognize the flexibility of his conceptual framework and, in particular, the often overlooked potential of his concept of the ‘world political system’ of which, Bull acknowledges, modern international society is only a part.

scholarly journals Introduction: Anthropology’s Queer Sensibilities

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 843-852
Author(s):  
Paul Boyce ◽  
Elisabeth L Engebretsen ◽  
Silvia Posocco
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Uk

This special issue addresses vital epistemological, methodological, ethical and political issues at the intersections of queer theory and anthropology as they speak to the study of sexual and gender diversity in the contemporary world. The special issue centres on explorations of anthropology’s queer sensibilities, that is, experimental thinking in ethnographically informed investigations of gender and sexual difference, and related connections, disjunctures and tensions in their situated and abstract dimensions. The articles consider the possibilities and challenges of anthropology’s queer sensibilities that anthropologize queer theory whilst queering anthropology in ethnographically informed analyses. Contributors focus on anthropologizing queer theory in research on same-sex desire in Congo; LGBT migrant and asylum experience in the UK and France; same-sex intimacies within opposite gender oriented sexualities in Kenya and Ghana; secret and ambiguous intimacies and sensibilities beyond an identifiable ‘queer subject’ of rights and recognition in India; migrant imaginings of home in Indonesian lesbian relationships in Hong Kong; and cross-generational perspectives on ‘coming out’ in Taiwan, and their implications for theories of kinship and relatedness. An extensive interview with Esther Newton, the prominent figure in gay and lesbian and queer anthropology concludes the collection.

Texture and Compositional Analysis in Archaeology

2011 ◽  
pp. 229-255
Author(s):  
Juan A. Barceló
Keyword(s):  
Compositional Analysis ◽  
Perceptual Information ◽  
Shape Information ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Local Properties ◽  
Perceptual Variability ◽  
Surface Discontinuity ◽  
Visual Variety ◽  
Micro Topography ◽  
Archaeological Objects

In this section, we will consider archaeological textures as the archaeological element’s surface attributes having either tactile or visual variety, which characterize its appearance. The surfaces of archaeological objects, artifacts, and materials are not uniform but contain many variations; some of them are of visual or tactile nature. Such variations go beyond the peaks and valleys characterizing surface micro-topography, which is the obvious frame of reference for “textures” in usual speaking. Archaeological materials have variations in the local properties of their surfaces like albedo and color variations, uniformity, density, coarseness, roughness, regularity, linearity, directionality, frequency, phase, hardness, brightness, bumpiness, specularity, reflectivity, transparency, and so on. Texture is the name we give to the perception of these variations. What we are doing here is introducing a synonym for “perceptual variability” or “surface discontinuity.” It is a kind of perceptual information complementing shape information.

scholarly journals Methods of stable isotopes in investigations of archaeological objects (application and last results)

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
Zaytseva G. ◽  
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Burova N. ◽  
Rishko S. ◽  
Sementsov A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotopes ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Archaeological Objects

This paper demonstrates the possibilities of isotope methods and the prospects of their application for analyses of archaeological materials. This information may be helpful for archaeologists in order to correct the direction of their investigations and to develop the optimal methodological approach to solution of particular problems.

Care of Archaeological Materials Begins in the Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenna Nielsen-Grimm ◽  
Robyn Haynie
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Basic Solutions ◽  
Museum Staff ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Potential Object ◽  
Archaeological Objects

AbstractCare of archaeological materials should begin when recovered in the field. Care and stabilization of objects in the field will greatly increase their research and exhibit potential. Identifying problems and understanding basic solutions to object care and stabilization is an important part of training for all potential object handlers. Proper care and stabilization of objects can and should be a priority for all object users—excavators, lab analysts, museum staff, and researchers. Constant dialogue and communication between repository specialists and archaeologists can be the most useful source for care of all archaeological objects.

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