The Vinča group - (Almost) 40 years on John Chapman (independent scholar)

Chapman, John

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“…Kada se radi o neolitu centralnog Balkana, detaljne analize pojedinačnih tehnologija sa tehnološkog, osim čisto tipološkog aspekta, još uvek nisu potpune, a takođe su i analize višestrukih tehnologija tek na početku. Raniji istraživači vinčanske kulture (na primer, Chapman 1981;Tringham and Krstić 1990) smatrali su vinčanske zajednice nestratifikovanim i samim tim podrazumevali model proizvodnje u okviru domaćinstva, ograničen na sopstvene potrebe, mada konstatuju određenu uvećanu proizvodnju pojedinih dobara.…”

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Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies

Vitezović

2022

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Craft specialization means that certain tasks and/or activities are performed exclusively by certain members of a community, either as their main/basic activity, or parallel to other activities. The emergence of specialization is often associated to complex societies, or more precisely, its presence presupposes social stratification and is negated in non-stratified societies. However, the organization of production of various goods and the development of specialization are much more complex, and cannot be simply characterized in terms of presence/absence, since there are various modes and levels of specialization. Therefore, over the last decades the need is recognized for a new revised theoretical framework. Some authors suggest new definitions of specialization and production organization, specifically emphasizing social and cultural aspects (along with the purely economic ones) that influence the technological choices. Power and prestige status are not solely linked to control over resources and larger amount of material goods, but also to their character – prestige objects are an important factor in the development of crafts, the emergence of craft specialization, and emergence/increase in social inequality. In praehistory, the symbolic importance and value were ascribed to certain technologies and objects, not only on the grounds of exotic raw material or other highly valued qualities (durability of an object, as well as non-utilitarian traits, such as colour), but also due to the effort and skill applied in their production. Such prestige objects secured or reflected the esteem and status to the individuals who made and/or possessed them.

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Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies

Vitezović

2022

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Acknowledging Inspirations in a Lifetime of Shifting and Pivoting Standpoints to Construct the Past

Tringham

2023

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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In this Perspective article, I am able to draw the various strands of my intellectual thinking and practice in archaeology and European prehistory into a complex narrative of changing themes. In this narrative, I draw attention to the inspirational triggers of these transformations to be found in works and words of colleagues and events within and outside my immediate discipline. A group of events between 1988 and 1993 disrupted (in a good way) the trajectory of my professional life and provided a convenient anchor around which my themes pivoted and regrouped with very different standpoints. But some trends in my way of working remained constant and contributed, I hope, to a career of cumulative knowledge. Along the way, I show the significance, in terms of my personal intellectual context as well as archaeological practice in general, of my published works as well as more obscure and some unpublished works that are cited here for the first time Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Anthropology, Volume 52 is October 2023. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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The Vinča group - (Almost) 40 years on John Chapman (independent scholar)

Cited by 2 publications

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Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies

Who Has an Art, Has Everywhere a Part: Craft Production, Specialization, and Prestige in Praehistoric Societies

Acknowledging Inspirations in a Lifetime of Shifting and Pivoting Standpoints to Construct the Past

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