Assaf Nativ
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 257804 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Assaf Nativ |
| PRENOMES | Assaf |
| SOBRENOME | Nativ |
| ASSINATURA | NATIV A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1637-1765 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Large Predator Hunting and Its Interpretation
In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of lions, bears and leopards in south Levantine archaeological assemblages between the last glacial maximum (c.25,000 years ago) and the Iron Age (c.2500 years ago). We argue that the occurrence of these large carnivores constitutes a significant long-term cultural feature that begins with the first settled hunter-gatherer communities of the Natufian culture. Importantly, we show that carnivoran species re…
How far does culture go
Focusing on the late prehistoric southern Levant, we recently suggested that the diffused low-frequency distribution of large predator bones (lion, leopard and bear) coalesces into a coherent temporal pattern when observed at a sufficiently long timescale. While in the previous research we sought to determine what sort of sociocultural mechanism might explain this pattern, effectively drawing it into the orbit of the familiar, in this brief provo…
A Case for Buried Culture
This paper makes a case for Buried Culture—humanly modified packages of sediments and artifacts. Specifically, it argues that Buried Culture amounts to an a-social, literally posthuman, cultural being. The argument proceeds through three main steps. Firstly, drawing on the prototypical example of landfills, it demonstrates that while ontically solid, Buried Culture is epistemically vacuous. Secondly, placing it between sedimentology and archaeolo…
Archaeology without antiquity
Antiquity-the past-has been fundamental to archaeology from the very beginnings of the discipline, and it remains the central concept around which archaeological research is developed. Over the years, however, alternative ways of doing and thinking archaeology have come forth to challenge this orientation on the past. Despite their growth in scope and sophistication, these alternatives remain at the margins of our community. In this article, the …
Parts, wholes, objects and processes. A response
Unfortunately, I am unable in the limited available space to do justice to the perceptive and thoughtful critiques offered by the four commentators. There is too much ground to cover and there are too many venues to negotiate. While I wish to defend my position, I also wish to use this opportunity to keep this discussion going. It would be unfortunate if the exchange of views presented here led each position towards entrenchment and mutual exclus…
Ambiguity, Ambivalence, Multiplicity
This paper presents an experiment. Can a typologically inarticulate assemblage be accounted for by other means? What might such an articulation look like? What prospects would it offer? Focusing on three small late Pottery Neolithic assemblages from the southern Levant, the paper argues that they are typologically inarticulate, primarily because they possess considerable morphological fluidity that is at odds with the segmented structure demanded…
On the object of archaeology
The paper ponders the object of archaeology, called here 'the archaeological'. It argues that the existence of such an object is a necessary premise of the field and that ultimately it is on this object that the validity of all claims and arguments must rest. The paper suggests that the archaeological be conceived as a cultural phenomenon that consists in being disengaged from the social, an understanding that positions archaeology as a counterpa…
Pits and their Contents
Danny Rosenberg, Edwin C. M. van den Brink, Ron Shimelmitz, Assaf Nativ, Henk K. Mienis, Orit Shamir, Rivka Chasan, Tamar Shooval, דני רוזנברג, אדוין ון דן ברינק, רון שימלמיץ, אסף נתיב, הנק מיניס, אורית שמיר, רבקה חזן, תמר שובל, בורות ותוכנם: קדרון, אתר מתרבות ואדי רבה בשפלה, ישראל / Pits and their Contents: The Wadi Rabah Site of Qidron in the Shephela, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ז (2…
No Compensation Needed
Peqi'in
Hanaton
Assaf Nativ, Ron Shimelmitz, Nuha Agha, Inbar Ktalav, Danny Rosenberg, אסף נתיב, רון שימלמיץ, נוהא אגהא, ענבר קטלב, דני רוזנברג, חנתון: דוח ראשוני על יישוב ניאוליתי-כלקוליתי בגליל התחתון / Hanaton: Interim Report on a Neolithic-Chalcolithic Settlement in the Lower Galilee, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ד (2014), pp. 117-147
The Southern tip of the Northern Levant ? The Early Pottery Neolithic assemblage of Tel Ro’im West, Israel
Le Levant Sud présente une séquence bien établie pour le Néolithique céramique, constituée de trois entités culturelles successives : le Yarmoukien, le Lodien et la culture de Wadi Rabah. Le Yarmoukien est absent toutefois, au nord-est dans la vallée de la Houla. L’analyse de l’assemblage céramique à Tel Ro’im West, à la limite nord-occidentale de la vallée, laisse supposer la présence d’une entité culturelle différente au début de cette période.…
Anthropocentricity and the Archaeological Record
Recent years witnessed an assurgent criticism of anthropocentrism in the social sciences, arguing for more balanced approaches to the study of humans and non-humans as equally responsible for the constitution of society. These claims lean heavily on philosophical grounds, noting that the focus on the human subject is guided by modernist binary oppositions and produces an inappropriate image of society. However, the problems anthropocentricity pos…
Yesodot, Israel
Le site de Yesodot, dans la Shéphélah (piémont de Judée), est une illustration pertinente des ambiguïtés relatives à la transition du Chalcolithique récent au Bronze ancien. Alors que la plupart des traits observés peuvent être rapportés à l’une de ces périodes ou aux deux conjointement, l’assemblage, considéré dans sa totalité, ne peut pas être attribuée uniquement à l’une des deux. De plus, l’hypothèse selon laquelle il s’agit d’un assemblage m…
Transformations of Lodian Pottery Assemblages as Recorded at The Site of Yesodot, Israel
ASSAF NATIV, MARK ISERLIS, YIZHAK PAZ, אסף נתיב, מארק איסרליס, יצחק פז, שינויים במכלולים קראמיים של התרבות הלודית כפי שנצפו באתר יסודות, ישראל / Transformations of Lodian pottery assemblages as recorded at the site of Yesodot, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ב (תשע"ג, 2012), pp. 115-135
The Cemetery as a Symbol
The deposits of disarticulated human remains in caves, often associated with designated ceramic receptacles, is one of the most striking hallmarks of the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant. Owing however to their perplexing variability, this phenomenon is still poorly understood. Approaching these sites as cemeteries and social institutions, this article presents a reconsideration of their structures, temporal trajectories and meanings. I…
A Note on Chalcolithic Ossuary Jars
Secondary burial in ceramic ossuaries is a well known characteristic of the Chalcolithic period of the Southern Levant. A wide range of suggestions have been put forward regarding the meaning of these vessels. The paper focuses on a particular subset of these vessels—ossuary jars—and suggests that they symbolize cocoons and embody a concept of death as a prolonged process of metamorphosis
Basalt bifacial tool production in the southern Levant
The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal eventual product and its sequence of manufacture
On the object of archaeology
The paper ponders the object of archaeology, called here 'the archaeological'. It argues that the existence of such an object is a necessary premise of the field and that ultimately it is on this object that the validity of all claims and arguments must rest. The paper suggests that the archaeological be conceived as a cultural phenomenon that consists in being disengaged from the social, an understanding that positions archaeology as a counterpa…
No Compensation Needed
Basalt bifacial tool production in the southern Levant
The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal eventual product and its sequence of manufacture
Archaeology without antiquity
Antiquity-the past-has been fundamental to archaeology from the very beginnings of the discipline, and it remains the central concept around which archaeological research is developed. Over the years, however, alternative ways of doing and thinking archaeology have come forth to challenge this orientation on the past. Despite their growth in scope and sophistication, these alternatives remain at the margins of our community. In this article, the …
A Note on Chalcolithic Ossuary Jars
Secondary burial in ceramic ossuaries is a well known characteristic of the Chalcolithic period of the Southern Levant. A wide range of suggestions have been put forward regarding the meaning of these vessels. The paper focuses on a particular subset of these vessels—ossuary jars—and suggests that they symbolize cocoons and embody a concept of death as a prolonged process of metamorphosis
The Southern tip of the Northern Levant ? The Early Pottery Neolithic assemblage of Tel Ro’im West, Israel
Le Levant Sud présente une séquence bien établie pour le Néolithique céramique, constituée de trois entités culturelles successives : le Yarmoukien, le Lodien et la culture de Wadi Rabah. Le Yarmoukien est absent toutefois, au nord-est dans la vallée de la Houla. L’analyse de l’assemblage céramique à Tel Ro’im West, à la limite nord-occidentale de la vallée, laisse supposer la présence d’une entité culturelle différente au début de cette période.…
Anthropocentricity and the Archaeological Record
Recent years witnessed an assurgent criticism of anthropocentrism in the social sciences, arguing for more balanced approaches to the study of humans and non-humans as equally responsible for the constitution of society. These claims lean heavily on philosophical grounds, noting that the focus on the human subject is guided by modernist binary oppositions and produces an inappropriate image of society. However, the problems anthropocentricity pos…
The Cemetery as a Symbol
The deposits of disarticulated human remains in caves, often associated with designated ceramic receptacles, is one of the most striking hallmarks of the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant. Owing however to their perplexing variability, this phenomenon is still poorly understood. Approaching these sites as cemeteries and social institutions, this article presents a reconsideration of their structures, temporal trajectories and meanings. I…
A Case for Buried Culture
This paper makes a case for Buried Culture—humanly modified packages of sediments and artifacts. Specifically, it argues that Buried Culture amounts to an a-social, literally posthuman, cultural being. The argument proceeds through three main steps. Firstly, drawing on the prototypical example of landfills, it demonstrates that while ontically solid, Buried Culture is epistemically vacuous. Secondly, placing it between sedimentology and archaeolo…
Yesodot, Israel
Le site de Yesodot, dans la Shéphélah (piémont de Judée), est une illustration pertinente des ambiguïtés relatives à la transition du Chalcolithique récent au Bronze ancien. Alors que la plupart des traits observés peuvent être rapportés à l’une de ces périodes ou aux deux conjointement, l’assemblage, considéré dans sa totalité, ne peut pas être attribuée uniquement à l’une des deux. De plus, l’hypothèse selon laquelle il s’agit d’un assemblage m…
Large Predator Hunting and Its Interpretation
In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of lions, bears and leopards in south Levantine archaeological assemblages between the last glacial maximum (c.25,000 years ago) and the Iron Age (c.2500 years ago). We argue that the occurrence of these large carnivores constitutes a significant long-term cultural feature that begins with the first settled hunter-gatherer communities of the Natufian culture. Importantly, we show that carnivoran species re…
Ambiguity, Ambivalence, Multiplicity
This paper presents an experiment. Can a typologically inarticulate assemblage be accounted for by other means? What might such an articulation look like? What prospects would it offer? Focusing on three small late Pottery Neolithic assemblages from the southern Levant, the paper argues that they are typologically inarticulate, primarily because they possess considerable morphological fluidity that is at odds with the segmented structure demanded…
A Note on Chalcolithic Ossuary Jars
Secondary burial in ceramic ossuaries is a well known characteristic of the Chalcolithic period of the Southern Levant. A wide range of suggestions have been put forward regarding the meaning of these vessels. The paper focuses on a particular subset of these vessels—ossuary jars—and suggests that they symbolize cocoons and embody a concept of death as a prolonged process of metamorphosis
Basalt bifacial tool production in the southern Levant
The authors describe the discovery of a Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic basalt axe factory in the Manasseh Hills in Israel and suggest it had a primary role in the region for the production of these functional and symbolic tools. The form of discarded roughouts and flakes is used to deduce the principal eventual product and its sequence of manufacture
The Cemetery as a Symbol
The deposits of disarticulated human remains in caves, often associated with designated ceramic receptacles, is one of the most striking hallmarks of the Chalcolithic period in the southern Levant. Owing however to their perplexing variability, this phenomenon is still poorly understood. Approaching these sites as cemeteries and social institutions, this article presents a reconsideration of their structures, temporal trajectories and meanings. I…
Transformations of Lodian Pottery Assemblages as Recorded at The Site of Yesodot, Israel
ASSAF NATIV, MARK ISERLIS, YIZHAK PAZ, אסף נתיב, מארק איסרליס, יצחק פז, שינויים במכלולים קראמיים של התרבות הלודית כפי שנצפו באתר יסודות, ישראל / Transformations of Lodian pottery assemblages as recorded at the site of Yesodot, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ב (תשע"ג, 2012), pp. 115-135
Yesodot, Israel
Le site de Yesodot, dans la Shéphélah (piémont de Judée), est une illustration pertinente des ambiguïtés relatives à la transition du Chalcolithique récent au Bronze ancien. Alors que la plupart des traits observés peuvent être rapportés à l’une de ces périodes ou aux deux conjointement, l’assemblage, considéré dans sa totalité, ne peut pas être attribuée uniquement à l’une des deux. De plus, l’hypothèse selon laquelle il s’agit d’un assemblage m…
Hanaton
Assaf Nativ, Ron Shimelmitz, Nuha Agha, Inbar Ktalav, Danny Rosenberg, אסף נתיב, רון שימלמיץ, נוהא אגהא, ענבר קטלב, דני רוזנברג, חנתון: דוח ראשוני על יישוב ניאוליתי-כלקוליתי בגליל התחתון / Hanaton: Interim Report on a Neolithic-Chalcolithic Settlement in the Lower Galilee, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ד (2014), pp. 117-147
The Southern tip of the Northern Levant ? The Early Pottery Neolithic assemblage of Tel Ro’im West, Israel
Le Levant Sud présente une séquence bien établie pour le Néolithique céramique, constituée de trois entités culturelles successives : le Yarmoukien, le Lodien et la culture de Wadi Rabah. Le Yarmoukien est absent toutefois, au nord-est dans la vallée de la Houla. L’analyse de l’assemblage céramique à Tel Ro’im West, à la limite nord-occidentale de la vallée, laisse supposer la présence d’une entité culturelle différente au début de cette période.…
Anthropocentricity and the Archaeological Record
Recent years witnessed an assurgent criticism of anthropocentrism in the social sciences, arguing for more balanced approaches to the study of humans and non-humans as equally responsible for the constitution of society. These claims lean heavily on philosophical grounds, noting that the focus on the human subject is guided by modernist binary oppositions and produces an inappropriate image of society. However, the problems anthropocentricity pos…
Peqi'in
No Compensation Needed
Pits and their Contents
Danny Rosenberg, Edwin C. M. van den Brink, Ron Shimelmitz, Assaf Nativ, Henk K. Mienis, Orit Shamir, Rivka Chasan, Tamar Shooval, דני רוזנברג, אדוין ון דן ברינק, רון שימלמיץ, אסף נתיב, הנק מיניס, אורית שמיר, רבקה חזן, תמר שובל, בורות ותוכנם: קדרון, אתר מתרבות ואדי רבה בשפלה, ישראל / Pits and their Contents: The Wadi Rabah Site of Qidron in the Shephela, Israel, Mitekufat Haeven: Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society / מתקופת האבן, כרך מ"ז (2…
Parts, wholes, objects and processes. A response
Unfortunately, I am unable in the limited available space to do justice to the perceptive and thoughtful critiques offered by the four commentators. There is too much ground to cover and there are too many venues to negotiate. While I wish to defend my position, I also wish to use this opportunity to keep this discussion going. It would be unfortunate if the exchange of views presented here led each position towards entrenchment and mutual exclus…
Ambiguity, Ambivalence, Multiplicity
This paper presents an experiment. Can a typologically inarticulate assemblage be accounted for by other means? What might such an articulation look like? What prospects would it offer? Focusing on three small late Pottery Neolithic assemblages from the southern Levant, the paper argues that they are typologically inarticulate, primarily because they possess considerable morphological fluidity that is at odds with the segmented structure demanded…
On the object of archaeology
The paper ponders the object of archaeology, called here 'the archaeological'. It argues that the existence of such an object is a necessary premise of the field and that ultimately it is on this object that the validity of all claims and arguments must rest. The paper suggests that the archaeological be conceived as a cultural phenomenon that consists in being disengaged from the social, an understanding that positions archaeology as a counterpa…
Archaeology without antiquity
Antiquity-the past-has been fundamental to archaeology from the very beginnings of the discipline, and it remains the central concept around which archaeological research is developed. Over the years, however, alternative ways of doing and thinking archaeology have come forth to challenge this orientation on the past. Despite their growth in scope and sophistication, these alternatives remain at the margins of our community. In this article, the …
A Case for Buried Culture
This paper makes a case for Buried Culture—humanly modified packages of sediments and artifacts. Specifically, it argues that Buried Culture amounts to an a-social, literally posthuman, cultural being. The argument proceeds through three main steps. Firstly, drawing on the prototypical example of landfills, it demonstrates that while ontically solid, Buried Culture is epistemically vacuous. Secondly, placing it between sedimentology and archaeolo…
Large Predator Hunting and Its Interpretation
In this paper, we discuss the occurrence of lions, bears and leopards in south Levantine archaeological assemblages between the last glacial maximum (c.25,000 years ago) and the Iron Age (c.2500 years ago). We argue that the occurrence of these large carnivores constitutes a significant long-term cultural feature that begins with the first settled hunter-gatherer communities of the Natufian culture. Importantly, we show that carnivoran species re…
How far does culture go
Focusing on the late prehistoric southern Levant, we recently suggested that the diffused low-frequency distribution of large predator bones (lion, leopard and bear) coalesces into a coherent temporal pattern when observed at a sufficiently long timescale. While in the previous research we sought to determine what sort of sociocultural mechanism might explain this pattern, effectively drawing it into the orbit of the familiar, in this brief provo…
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