Gallo-Roman whetstone building deposits. The cultural biography of the domestic sphere in northern Gaul

Reniere, Sibrecht; Neer, Wim Van

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2018.05.006

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“…Thus, they suggest that the local phenomena, confined to the late 1 st -2 nd century AD, symbolises a cultural adaptation of a widespread ritualisation of fertility and protection that merged Roman and local gods. Other objects were also discovered in foundation deposits in this region, including fragments of quern stones, complete or deliberately broken pots and loom weights (Reniere and Clercq 2018). In Knesselare Flabbaert, at one side of the house entrance, a whetstone associated with a complete pot was found (De Clercq, 2009:334).…”

Section: The Ritual Deposition Of Whetstonesmentioning

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“…In archaeology, rituals often focus on posts and foundations, as these represent the important structural component of the house, and in some societies special attention is given to the first post erected (e.g. Paulsson-Holmberg 1997; Reniere and Clercq 2018). Roman town planning involved a sequence of prescribed rites that culminated in a hole (mundus) being dug to receive a votive offering after which the surveyors could engage in setting out the orthogonal town grid (Woodward and Woodward 2004).…”

Section: The Role Of the House In Ritual Activitiesmentioning

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“…Recently, the ritual deposition of whetstones in Gallo-Roman buildings has been noted in the northern part of Gallia Belgica in the lower river Scheldt valley (Reniere and Clercq 2018).…”

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Ritual household deposits and the religious imaginaries of early medieval Dalmatia (Croatia)

Reed

2019

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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This paper examines three early medieval ritual house deposits from Bribirska glavica, Dalmatia, Croatia. Discovered over the last century these items bring to the fore questions regarding the relationship between state and secular religion in a region that experienced numerous encounters and confrontations within and between different social groups. In particular, this paper explores these complexities using the term 'religious imaginaries' to describe how a sense of collective identity may manifest itself through individual and collective practice, focusing on the value of the discovered objects (chickens, eggs, whetstones and plant remains) and their ritual framings. In particular, the recovery of archaeobotanical remains highlights the importance of examining plant use in ritual deposits. Overall, despite some variation in the interpretations of the practice of 'special' offerings, the majority of studies draw the conclusion that items hidden in this manner provide a broadly protective or apotropaic function. Thus, these finds provide important insights into the development of religious and ritual beliefs in early medieval Dalmatia, suggesting that the community's religious imaginary comprised a set of values and symbols that hybridised the Christian faith with elements of 'folk magic' to re-inforce the apotropaic power of their ritual acts.

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Ritual household deposits and the religious imaginaries of early medieval Dalmatia (Croatia)

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2019

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…Dit zou betekenen dat het exemplaar op The Loop één van de oudst gekende stukken is. Slijpstenen worden zowel in verband gebracht met de oogst (voor het slijpen van sikkels en zeisen) als met metaalbewerking (Kars 1983;Mainman & Rogers 2000;Henning 2004;Reniere & De Clercq 2018). Kars (1983: 22) stelt in verband met Dorestad dat een accumulatie van wetstenen, slakmateriaal, en tuyères mogelijks gerelateerd kan worden aan smidse-activiteiten.…”

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Vroegmiddeleeuws Maalte onder The Loop. Een nieuwe blik op het grootschalig archeologisch onderzoek van de 7de- tot de 9de-eeuwse nederzetting in Sint-Denijs-Westrem (Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen)

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Heynssens³

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ColofonVroegmiddeleeuws Maalte onder The Loop archeologisch syntheseonderzoek, gesubsidieerd via de projectsubsidie voor archeologisch syntheseonderzoek door Onroerend Erfgoed, Vlaanderen onderzoek uitgevoerd door Johan Hoorne (DL&H), Ewoud Deschepper (UGent), Nele Heynssens (DL&H) en Dries Tys (VUB) in opdracht van Archeo The Loop vzw, met specifieke onderdelen uitgevoerd door K. Haneca (OE), S. Reniere (UGent), A. Storme (UGent, GATE) & K. Deforce (UGent, KBIN

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“…In similar terms, Davies's () analysis of the constitution of identity and community in Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Britain reveals that these “periods” are not solely distinguishable in terms of their artifacts and technology but also in terms of the degree to which people sought to create distance from abandoned places and discarded things. Other studies uncover how the deposition of particular objects, such as whetstones used to sharpen everyday tools, marked and manifested a common person's social relationship to their residence, connecting the life cycles of a human family to the stone farmhouse (Reniere and De Clercq ). Also, Newman () employs a detailed taphonomic analysis of objects from an ancient Maya termination rite, demonstrating that some of these things were fragments of broken pots that had been stored for years prior to their ultimate deposition within the sediments of the royal palace at El Zotz.…”

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New Digs: Networks, Assemblages, and the Dissolution of Binary Categories in Anthropological Archaeology

Kosiba

2019

American Anthropologist

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Anthropological archaeology has long been a process of categorization. The history of the subdiscipline could be rendered in terms of an ongoing project to create, critique, and then refashion the categories by which archaeologists understand and explain social and ecological processes. Despite ever-changing theoretical tides, many archaeologists have continued to adhere to a lingua franca that demarcates their object of study, whether "the past," "nature," complexity, material culture, or historical knowledge. In 2018, strong currents in archaeological scholarship have both challenged and washed out the boundaries of many of these epistemological mainstays. This was more than a postmodern exercise to question metanarratives of history or to destabilize supposed social universals. The recent scholarship develops innovative theoretical perspectives and sophisticated methodological tools to shed light on the varied human interactions, practices, and projects that were previously occluded by research too sharply focused on bounded categories such as periods, polities, adaptations, and meanings. Furthermore, archaeologists are now more than ever critically examining the colonial institutions that they perpetuate and seeking to establish new common ground with Indigenous communities. A decidedly archaeological perspective seems to be taking shape.This is a view that sees social life from the ground up in terms of complicated relationships between people, things, and other organisms that cannot be reduced to catchall categories. [year in review, archaeology, archaeological theory, current issues, Indigenous archaeology, environmental anthropology] RESUMEN La arqueología antropológica ha sido durante mucho tiempo un proceso de categorización. La historia de la subdisciplina podría ser descrita en términos de un proyecto continuo de crear, criticar y luego rehacer las categorías a través de las cuales los arqueólogos entienden y explican los procesos sociales y ecológicos. A pesar de las mareas teóricas siempre cambiantes, muchos arqueólogos han continuado adhiriéndose a una lengua franca que demarca su objeto de estudio, ya sea "el pasado", "naturaleza", complejidad, cultura material o conocimiento histórico.En 2018, corrientes fuertes en la investigación arqueológica han tanto retado como difuminado los límites de muchos de los pilares epistemológicos. Esto fue más que un ejercicio posmoderno para cuestionar metanarrativas de la historia o para desestabilizar supuestos universales sociales. La reciente investigación desarrolla perspectivas teóricas innovadoras y herramientas metodológicas sofisticadas para arrojar luz sobre las variadas interacciones humanas, prácticas y proyectos que estuvieron previamente ocluidos por investigación excesivamente enfocada en categorías delimitadas tales como períodos, unidades políticas, adaptaciones y significados. Además, los arqueólogos ahora están más que nunca examinando críticamente las instituciones coloniales que perpetúan y buscando establecer un nuevo terreno común con las c...

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Gallo-Roman whetstone building deposits. The cultural biography of the domestic sphere in northern Gaul

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Ritual household deposits and the religious imaginaries of early medieval Dalmatia (Croatia)

Ritual household deposits and the religious imaginaries of early medieval Dalmatia (Croatia)

Vroegmiddeleeuws Maalte onder The Loop. Een nieuwe blik op het grootschalig archeologisch onderzoek van de 7de- tot de 9de-eeuwse nederzetting in Sint-Denijs-Westrem (Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen)

New Digs: Networks, Assemblages, and the Dissolution of Binary Categories in Anthropological Archaeology

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