Peter G Johansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3617807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter G Johansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter G |
| FAMILY NAME | Johansen |
| SIGNATURE | JOHANSEN P G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology McGill University Montreal Quebec H3A 2T7 Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Social distinctions during the south Indian Neolithic
Human burials have been recovered from a wide variety of intra- and extramural settlement contexts at Neolithic period sites (3000-1200 BC) in southern India, yet formal cemeteries remain virtually unknown from this period. Research at MARP-79 in the Raichur District of the south Indian state of Karnataka, near the type-site of Maski, documents a large Neolithic cemetery, now with the largest number of radiometrically dated burials of any archaeo…
The politics and historicity of megalithic places in early South India
This paper considers the intersections of memorialization practices and politics throughout a period of emergent social differentiation during the Neolithic and Iron Age periods in the Deccan region of southern India. Rather than focus on how mortuary architecture and grave assemblages might correlate with the status, rank, or class of the deceased individuals-as has often been suggested-we place emphasis on how mortuary practices and the product…
On the Matter of Resources and Techno-Politics
Water management and iron production were two socio-technical practices deeply entrained with the politics of emerging social distinctions in northern Karnataka during the South Indian Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). In this article, we approach resources by building a theoretical convergence between "resource materialities" and "techno-politics," which allows us to assess the historically specific constitution of certain materials as culturally valued …
Prehistoric Mortuary Practices and the Constitution of Social Relationships
In 1954, B K Thapar excavated the multicomponent site of Maski (Raichur District, Karnataka) to establish an archaeological sequence for the southern Deccan region of India. Thapar identified four major periods of occupation, now known as the Neolithic (3000–1200 BC), Iron Age (1200–300 BC), Early Historic (300 BC to AD 500), and the Medieval periods (AD 500–1600). Renewed research at the site by the Maski Archaeological Research Project (F.1/8/2…
Early ironworking in Iron Age South India
Iron production was integral to political and ritual practices during the South Indian Iron Age (ca. 1200–300 b.c.), yet the investigation of the social relations of metals production during this period has been overshadowed by studies of iron consumption, particularly of iron objects in megalithic mortuary contexts. Recent archaeological research in the Tungabhadra River Corridor, Karnataka, has revealed iron production debris within and between…
The politics of spatial renovation
In South India, during the Iron Age and Early Historic Period, the space and meaning of certain ritual places were occupied and renovated by particular social groups in order to strategically meditate transitional logics of value and power. In northern Karnataka, during the Iron Age (1200-300 BC), megalithic monuments were built on earlier Neolithic ritual places (ashmounds), or materials from these places were removed and incorporated into megal…
Site maintenance practices and settlement social organization in Iron Age Karnataka, India
Landscape, monumental architecture, and ritual
On the Matter of Resources and Techno-Politics
Water management and iron production were two socio-technical practices deeply entrained with the politics of emerging social distinctions in northern Karnataka during the South Indian Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). In this article, we approach resources by building a theoretical convergence between "resource materialities" and "techno-politics," which allows us to assess the historically specific constitution of certain materials as culturally valued …
Early ironworking in Iron Age South India
Iron production was integral to political and ritual practices during the South Indian Iron Age (ca. 1200–300 b.c.), yet the investigation of the social relations of metals production during this period has been overshadowed by studies of iron consumption, particularly of iron objects in megalithic mortuary contexts. Recent archaeological research in the Tungabhadra River Corridor, Karnataka, has revealed iron production debris within and between…
Prehistoric Mortuary Practices and the Constitution of Social Relationships
In 1954, B K Thapar excavated the multicomponent site of Maski (Raichur District, Karnataka) to establish an archaeological sequence for the southern Deccan region of India. Thapar identified four major periods of occupation, now known as the Neolithic (3000–1200 BC), Iron Age (1200–300 BC), Early Historic (300 BC to AD 500), and the Medieval periods (AD 500–1600). Renewed research at the site by the Maski Archaeological Research Project (F.1/8/2…
The politics of spatial renovation
In South India, during the Iron Age and Early Historic Period, the space and meaning of certain ritual places were occupied and renovated by particular social groups in order to strategically meditate transitional logics of value and power. In northern Karnataka, during the Iron Age (1200-300 BC), megalithic monuments were built on earlier Neolithic ritual places (ashmounds), or materials from these places were removed and incorporated into megal…
The politics and historicity of megalithic places in early South India
This paper considers the intersections of memorialization practices and politics throughout a period of emergent social differentiation during the Neolithic and Iron Age periods in the Deccan region of southern India. Rather than focus on how mortuary architecture and grave assemblages might correlate with the status, rank, or class of the deceased individuals-as has often been suggested-we place emphasis on how mortuary practices and the product…
Landscape, monumental architecture, and ritual
Site maintenance practices and settlement social organization in Iron Age Karnataka, India
Early ironworking in Iron Age South India
Iron production was integral to political and ritual practices during the South Indian Iron Age (ca. 1200–300 b.c.), yet the investigation of the social relations of metals production during this period has been overshadowed by studies of iron consumption, particularly of iron objects in megalithic mortuary contexts. Recent archaeological research in the Tungabhadra River Corridor, Karnataka, has revealed iron production debris within and between…
The politics of spatial renovation
In South India, during the Iron Age and Early Historic Period, the space and meaning of certain ritual places were occupied and renovated by particular social groups in order to strategically meditate transitional logics of value and power. In northern Karnataka, during the Iron Age (1200-300 BC), megalithic monuments were built on earlier Neolithic ritual places (ashmounds), or materials from these places were removed and incorporated into megal…
Prehistoric Mortuary Practices and the Constitution of Social Relationships
In 1954, B K Thapar excavated the multicomponent site of Maski (Raichur District, Karnataka) to establish an archaeological sequence for the southern Deccan region of India. Thapar identified four major periods of occupation, now known as the Neolithic (3000–1200 BC), Iron Age (1200–300 BC), Early Historic (300 BC to AD 500), and the Medieval periods (AD 500–1600). Renewed research at the site by the Maski Archaeological Research Project (F.1/8/2…
On the Matter of Resources and Techno-Politics
Water management and iron production were two socio-technical practices deeply entrained with the politics of emerging social distinctions in northern Karnataka during the South Indian Iron Age (1200-300 BCE). In this article, we approach resources by building a theoretical convergence between "resource materialities" and "techno-politics," which allows us to assess the historically specific constitution of certain materials as culturally valued …
Social distinctions during the south Indian Neolithic
Human burials have been recovered from a wide variety of intra- and extramural settlement contexts at Neolithic period sites (3000-1200 BC) in southern India, yet formal cemeteries remain virtually unknown from this period. Research at MARP-79 in the Raichur District of the south Indian state of Karnataka, near the type-site of Maski, documents a large Neolithic cemetery, now with the largest number of radiometrically dated burials of any archaeo…
The politics and historicity of megalithic places in early South India
This paper considers the intersections of memorialization practices and politics throughout a period of emergent social differentiation during the Neolithic and Iron Age periods in the Deccan region of southern India. Rather than focus on how mortuary architecture and grave assemblages might correlate with the status, rank, or class of the deceased individuals-as has often been suggested-we place emphasis on how mortuary practices and the product…
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