Functional Ladles or Ceremonial Cutlery? A Cultural Biography of Prehistoric Wooden Spoons from Finland

Immonen, Visa

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“…Biographical accounts in archaeology often analyse outstanding but isolated objects taken out of context (e.g. Immonen 2002;York 2002;Joy 2009). This can lead to generalisations drawing on the trajectories of other and unrelated objects.…”

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Tracking the social lives of things: biographical insights into Bronze Age pottery in Spain

González¹

2014

Antiquity

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Pottery has sometimes been compared to a living organism in its cycle of birth, life and death or discard. A biographical approach to an unusual assemblage of pottery from the Late Bronze Age site of Pico Castro in central Spain suggests that they had been used together at a communal feast. The shared social memory that they acquired thereby conferred on them a special status that resulted in their eventual placement in the pit, fine wares and coarse wares together. Thus the varied biographies of the individual vessels—and the individual sherds—eventually converged not only in their discard but in the episodes that preceded it.

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Tracking the social lives of things: biographical insights into Bronze Age pottery in Spain

González¹

2014

Antiquity

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“…Pero tal planteamiento reproduce un dualismo artificioso y torpe entre servicios domésticos/habituales versus ceremoniales/sacros (Immonen 2002), inoperante para interpretar Cogotas I. Los referidos gestos pautados de abandono no son exclusivos de la vajilla 'avanzada'; también afectan a recipientes de cocina y almacenaje como los de la Trab.…”

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Sitios en altura y vasijas rotas: reconsiderando la etapa de ‘plenitud’ de Cogotas I (1450-1150 cal AC) en la Meseta

González¹

2014

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“…Moreover, the shape of both Typical and late Comb Ware vessels evokes the shape of an egg. Precisely why or how pots and waterfowl are related is difficult to guess, but it may be noted that the elk-and waterfowl motifs also manifest in the handles of contemporary wooden spoons, which Immonen (2002) suggests were used in communal food-sharing rituals following a hunt. Perhaps the pots decorated with water birds were likewise used in communal feasting associated with birds, such as the present-day Siberian rituals that celebrate the arrival of the first flocks of ducks and geese (Napolskikh 1992: 9) or the Khanty burial ritual described above.…”

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Northern Archaeology and Cosmology

Herva¹,

Lahelma²

2019

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In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book provides a focus on animistic-shamanistic cosmologies and the associated humanenvironment relations from the Neolithic to modern times. The North has fascinated Europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach to the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding Europe-wide processes, such as Neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand, and the 'place' of the North in European culture on the other. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies and folklore in northern Europe, as well as researchers interested in how the North is intertwined with developments in the broader European and Eurasian world. It provides a deep-time understanding of globally topical issues and conflicting interests, as expressed by debates and controversies around Arctic resources, nature preservation and indigenous rights.

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Functional Ladles or Ceremonial Cutlery? A Cultural Biography of Prehistoric Wooden Spoons from Finland

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Tracking the social lives of things: biographical insights into Bronze Age pottery in Spain

Tracking the social lives of things: biographical insights into Bronze Age pottery in Spain

Sitios en altura y vasijas rotas: reconsiderando la etapa de ‘plenitud’ de Cogotas I (1450-1150 cal AC) en la Meseta

Northern Archaeology and Cosmology

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