Flows of clay and site ontologies
Towards a Realist Archaeology of Congealment and Emergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4869920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R A Joyce (0000-0001-8064-1454, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-103 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2021.1970621 |
| OpenAlex | W3200997093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article addresses the question of how a ‘site’ comes together through flows of materials. It engages with writing by geographers interested in flat ontologies who propose a view of sites as autonomous congealments of matter that have as one of their effects the suspension, rather than simply decentering, of human subjectivity. A case study from Honduras is used to illustrate the distribution of traces of subjectivity across flows of geological material at a scale that exceeds the locale of excavation, producing a new understanding of flows of these materials as phenomena of long duration and wide spatial extension. The article ends by considering the ways in which site ontology converges with Process Archaeology in a shared emphasis on modes of becoming, and the distinction between them introduced by adopting concepts from the agential realism of Karen Barad
Archaeology · Epistemology · Excavation · Locale (computer software · Ontology · Realism · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |