The mobilities turn and archaeology
New perspectives on socio-political complexity in thirteenth-century northern South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6041577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Antonites (0000-0001-8831-9638, University of Pretoria, corresponding author), Ceri Z Ashley (University of Pretoria), C Ashley (0000-0002-1243-3183, University of Pretoria) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 469-488 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0067270x.2016.1249586 |
| OpenAlex | W2563666601 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 52 |
This paper applies insights from the ‘mobilities turn’ (Hannam et al. 2006 Hannam, K., Sheller, M. and Urry, J. 2006. “Editorial: mobilities, immobilities and moorings.” Mobilities 1: 1–22.[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]) or ‘new mobilities paradigm’ (Sheller and Urry 2006 Sheller, M. and Urry, J. 2006. “The new mobilities paradigm.” Environment and Planning A 38: 207–226. doi: 10.1068/a37268[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) to the archaeology of social complexity in thirteenth-century southern Africa. To date, research on this topic has typically tended to emphasise the role of mooring and place, with movement only regarded parenthetically. In contrast, the mobilities turn views mobility as a fundamental way of existing in the world, whereby movement, as well as stillness, are practices imbued with representation and meaning. This interpretive frame is brought to bear on new research conducted on a concentration of sites in the Maremani Nature Reserve, as well as previously published material from the sites of Stayt and Mutamba, South Africa. Our results illustrate the manner in which political power intersects with the mobility of people, objects and ideas and show how the mobility of people and things was active in the creation of communities at multiple spatial and conceptual scales. The diverse communities that occupied the Middle River Limpopo Valley were co-constituted within a complex network in which peripheral sites played an important role in maintaining political centres. The paper explores how communities articulated with the ‘imagined’ community of Mapungubwe through shared practices and material culture
Archaeology · Economic geography · Ethnology · Geography · Mobilities · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 2,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |