Making marks meaningful

New Materialism and the Microwear Assemblage

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919012
AutoresChristina Tsoraki (0000-0001-9282-0847, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK), Huw Barton (0000-0002-3720-5435, Bioarchaeology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK), Rachel J Crellin (0000-0002-8297-1083, Archaeology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK), Oliver J T Harris (0000-0002-2053-9172, Archaeology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas484-502
Fecha de publicación2020-05-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.2021.1898462
OpenAlexW3137155835
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas58

In this paper we explore how positioning microwear analysis within new materialism and assemblage theory allows us to develop new ways of thinking about meaning in the past. By mapping the detailed histories of an object’s making and use, we suggest that we can open up an understanding of marks as forms of material meanings. These material meanings operate as intensive events that fold together present and absent materials, as well as a range of ongoing processes. By studying marks on an archaeological object made of stone from one of the most famous Bronze Age barrows in Britain, within what we term a microwear assemblage, we will explore how a relational, more-than-representational, version of material meanings emerges

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Artifact (error · Assemblage (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Materialism · Materiality (auditing · Meaning (existential · Object (grammar · Computer Science · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy