The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak

Janowski, Monica

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“…It is profoundly embedded in the Kelabit sense of self and is fundamental to Kelabit society. To be successful in rice-growing is traditionally the basis of kinship, hierarchy and the relationship with the spirit world (Janowski, 1995(Janowski, , 2003(Janowski, , 2004(Janowski, , 2005(Janowski, , 2007Janowski and Langub, 2011). It has been argued that in the more distant past, before the Kelabit adopted rice agriculture, they are very likely to have used sago (Barton, 2012).…”

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The cultural antiquity of rainforests: Human–plant associations during the mid-late Holocene in the interior highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Jones

Barton

Hunt

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Quaternary International

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Rainforests are often described as the world's last virgin landscapes; however hunter-gatherers may have been modifying these environments for over 50,000 years. Despite this, the antiquity of early tropical forest exploitation by hunter-gathers and the transition to farming are still poorly understood. Today globalization drives deforestation of rainforests at an unprecedented rate. The forest, the lives of its present-day inhabitants, and the archaeological evidence for their history are unlikely to survive for much longer in their present form. The 'Cultured Rainforest Project', an interdisciplinary project involving anthropologists, archaeologists and palaeoecologists, was set up in 2007 to investigate the long-term and present-day interactions between people and the rainforest in the Kelabit Highlands of central Borneo, so as to better understand past and present agricultural and hunter-gatherer lifestyles and landscapes. This paper examines the environmental evidence used to investigate initial signs of plant exploitation and the transition to agriculture, as well as to understand the wider significance of past plants in a changing cultural landscape. Results have shown that two pronounced cultural waves of human-plant interactions took place in the Kelabit Highlands during the late Holocene; although tentative marks may be present on the landscape ca.7000-6000 years ago. The first pronounced wave of human-plant interaction begins from at least 3000 cal. BP. It seems to correspond with the appearance of stone mounds and open-air sites recorded in the archaeological record. The sago palm Eugeissona plays an important role during this period. A second wave of cultural activity, particularly in the last 450 years, is recorded in the southern Kelabit Highlands and is marked by rice becoming important. This may be linked to the construction of a wide range of different megaliths and earthworks, due to its inferred association with wealth and status in prehistoric and historic periods. It is perhaps also linked to a rise in trade between the coastal regions and highlands.

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“…One way to have gained status was perhaps through head hunting; wealth however has been associated with the ability to produce food (rice) (Janowski, 1988(Janowski, , 1995(Janowski, , 2004Janowski and Barton, 2012;Hitchner, 2009). In the more distant past perhaps wealth was associated with the production of other food staples such as sago.…”

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The cultural antiquity of rainforests: Human–plant associations during the mid-late Holocene in the interior highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Jones

Barton

Hunt

et al. 2016

Quaternary International

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“…This meal represented the togetherness of the family. For me, clear parallels arise with the role of the rice meal in the building of kinship and social bonds, which I have focused on in my research in Borneo (Janowski 1995(Janowski , 2007b. The centrality of bread echoes the widespread cultural, social and cosmological centrality of bread throughout wheat-growing regions in Europe and Asia (e.g.…”

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Food in Traumatic Times: Women, Foodways and ‘Polishness’ During a Wartime ‘Odyssey’

Janowski

2012

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“…Ethnographic work in Oaxaca has shown that sharing and consuming food in ritual and everyday contexts often resulted in symbolically and physically binding household members to one another (Monaghan 1996) and is thus a common way that household and communities were kept together (Janowski 1995). Sharing food was likened to sharing substance, such that by ingesting particular foods-especially those made by someone else-people were physically embodying sociality and creating kinship (Meigs 1987;Weismantel 1995).…”

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Soundscapes of the Everyday in Ancient Oaxaca, Mexico

King

Santiago

2011

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________________________________________________________________In ancient Mexico, sensory engagement in the form of oratory, music, and performance were major components of state-sponsored festivals and noble feasts. We think far less, however, about the soundscapes associated with rituals and everyday life in household contexts. Drawing on contextual, iconographic, and acoustic analyses of flutes, whistles, bells, costume ornaments, and ceramic vessels with rattle supports from the site of Río Viejo in coastal Oaxaca, Mexico, we argue that sound-production created a shared spatial landscape that linked community members to one another. Even in the absence of visibility or participation, soundscapes were prominent, celebrated elements of everyday life that purposely blurred the boundaries between the natural, cultural, and spirit worlds ________________________________________________________________ Résumé: Dans l'ancien Mexique, l'engagement sensoriel sous la forme de l'art oratoire, de la musique, et des spectacles a été l'un des éléments majeurs des festivals et des fêtes nobles parrainés par l'État. Nous pensons beaucoup moins, cependant, aux milieux sonores liés aux rituels et à la vie quotidienne dans les contextes domestiques. S'appuyant sur les analyses contextuelles, iconographiques, et acoustiques des flû tes, des sifflets, des cloches, des ornements des costumes, et des récipients en céramique avec des supports pour crécelle du site de Río Viejo sur la cô te de l'Oaxaca, au Mexique, nous montrons que la production sonore a créé un paysage RESEARCH Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (spatial partagé qui rassemblait les membres de la collectivité. Même en l'absence de visibilité ou de participation, les milieux sonores ont été des éléments célèbres importants de la vie quotidienne, qui ont volontairement brouillé les frontières entre le monde naturel, culturel et spirituel. ________________________________________________________________Resumen: En el México Antiguo, la vinculació n sensorial a través de la poesía, la mú sica y la representació n solían ser los mejores componentes en los festivales y banquetes de los nobles patrocinados por el estado. Sin embargo, se ha considerado en menor importancia a los sonidos asociados con rituales y a la vida cotidiana en contextos domésticos. A partir del análisis contextual, iconográfico y acú stico de las flautas, silbatos, cascabeles, adornos de vestuario, y vasijas de cerámica trípodes con sonajas procedentes del sitio de Río Viejo en la costa de Oaxaca, México, argumentamos que la producció n sonora servía para crear un ambiente espacial compartido que unía a los miembros de una comunidad. Incluso ante la ausencia de visibilidad o de participació n, los sonidos eran considerados importantes y parte integral de la vida cotidiana y que de manera intencionada borraban las fronteras entre el mundo natural, cultural y espiritual. __________________________________________________________________________________________________...

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The hearth-group, the conjugal couple and the symbolism of the rice meal among the Kelabit of Sarawak

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The cultural antiquity of rainforests: Human–plant associations during the mid-late Holocene in the interior highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

The cultural antiquity of rainforests: Human–plant associations during the mid-late Holocene in the interior highlands of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Food in Traumatic Times: Women, Foodways and ‘Polishness’ During a Wartime ‘Odyssey’

Soundscapes of the Everyday in Ancient Oaxaca, Mexico

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