Lucy E Bennison-Chapman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3593986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucy E Bennison-Chapman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bennison-Chapman |
| SIGNATURE | BENNISON-CHAPMAN L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1978-942X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tools of the Trade
Small, geometric-shaped clay objects are a common find at settlements across West Asia. They were often overlooked in the past, in favor of more enigmatic clay finds such as figurines, seals, and tablets. Denise Schmandt-Besserat’s seminal work (1992) brought clay objects to the fore, arguing they were mnemonic accounting tokens that evolved directly into the characters of cuneiform script and thus were replaced by writing at the end of the 4th m…
Pigment Use at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
The Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük offers an exceptional dataset for studying pigment usage over one-thousand years of the existence of the settlement. The inhabitants produced a rich palette of colors, with pigments applied to objects, in architectural paintings, and for treatment of the dead. This article discusses evidence of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük based on data collected during the twenty-five years of research under the directo…
Ethnography, Engagement, Evaluations, and Endings
Since the 1990s, the Çatalhöyük Research Project has made community engagement a central part of its research methodology. With the ending of the project, it is essential to review the achievements and limitations of the strategies employed at the site. We consider the transformation of community outreach and involvement over the years of the project, from the ethnoarchaeological and experimental archaeology components in the 1990s, through the c…
Reconsidering ‘Tokens
The origin of record keeping is a key question in the development of social complexity and specialized economies, representing the first step towards the emergence of written communication. Yet the precursors of the world's earliest writing and its initial stages of development remain little understood. Small, geometric clay objects (‘tokens’) appear in the tenth millennium cal.bc, the start of the Neolithic in West Asia, prevailing into the firs…
Clay objects as ‘tokens’? Evidence for early counting and administration at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Mesopotamia
Tell Sabi Abyad was a major Neolithic settlement in Upper Mesopotamia, occupied for 1800 years during the 7th to 6th millennium cal BC. Excavations have revealed hundreds of clay sealings, stamp-seal impressions and an even greater number of small, geometric-shaped clay objects or ‘tokens’. Drawing on previous unpublished data from decades of excavations, a detailed, contextual study of the form and distribution of Tell Sabi Abyad’s ‘tokens’ is p…
Tracking the division of labour through handprints
Tracking the division of labour through handprints
Reconsidering ‘Tokens
The origin of record keeping is a key question in the development of social complexity and specialized economies, representing the first step towards the emergence of written communication. Yet the precursors of the world's earliest writing and its initial stages of development remain little understood. Small, geometric clay objects (‘tokens’) appear in the tenth millennium cal.bc, the start of the Neolithic in West Asia, prevailing into the firs…
Pigment Use at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
The Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük offers an exceptional dataset for studying pigment usage over one-thousand years of the existence of the settlement. The inhabitants produced a rich palette of colors, with pigments applied to objects, in architectural paintings, and for treatment of the dead. This article discusses evidence of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük based on data collected during the twenty-five years of research under the directo…
Ethnography, Engagement, Evaluations, and Endings
Since the 1990s, the Çatalhöyük Research Project has made community engagement a central part of its research methodology. With the ending of the project, it is essential to review the achievements and limitations of the strategies employed at the site. We consider the transformation of community outreach and involvement over the years of the project, from the ethnoarchaeological and experimental archaeology components in the 1990s, through the c…
Clay objects as ‘tokens’? Evidence for early counting and administration at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Mesopotamia
Tell Sabi Abyad was a major Neolithic settlement in Upper Mesopotamia, occupied for 1800 years during the 7th to 6th millennium cal BC. Excavations have revealed hundreds of clay sealings, stamp-seal impressions and an even greater number of small, geometric-shaped clay objects or ‘tokens’. Drawing on previous unpublished data from decades of excavations, a detailed, contextual study of the form and distribution of Tell Sabi Abyad’s ‘tokens’ is p…
Tracking the division of labour through handprints
Reconsidering ‘Tokens
The origin of record keeping is a key question in the development of social complexity and specialized economies, representing the first step towards the emergence of written communication. Yet the precursors of the world's earliest writing and its initial stages of development remain little understood. Small, geometric clay objects (‘tokens’) appear in the tenth millennium cal.bc, the start of the Neolithic in West Asia, prevailing into the firs…
Pigment Use at Neolithic Çatalhöyük
The Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük offers an exceptional dataset for studying pigment usage over one-thousand years of the existence of the settlement. The inhabitants produced a rich palette of colors, with pigments applied to objects, in architectural paintings, and for treatment of the dead. This article discusses evidence of pigments at Neolithic Çatalhöyük based on data collected during the twenty-five years of research under the directo…
Ethnography, Engagement, Evaluations, and Endings
Since the 1990s, the Çatalhöyük Research Project has made community engagement a central part of its research methodology. With the ending of the project, it is essential to review the achievements and limitations of the strategies employed at the site. We consider the transformation of community outreach and involvement over the years of the project, from the ethnoarchaeological and experimental archaeology components in the 1990s, through the c…
Tools of the Trade
Small, geometric-shaped clay objects are a common find at settlements across West Asia. They were often overlooked in the past, in favor of more enigmatic clay finds such as figurines, seals, and tablets. Denise Schmandt-Besserat’s seminal work (1992) brought clay objects to the fore, arguing they were mnemonic accounting tokens that evolved directly into the characters of cuneiform script and thus were replaced by writing at the end of the 4th m…
Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)