Hommel, P.N., Day, P.M., Jordan, P. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Changing Clays: Raw Material Preferences in the ‘Neolithic’ Ceramic Assemblages of the Upper Vitim Basin. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 83. pp. 137-153. ISSN 0079-497X
Abstract
© The Prehistoric Society 2017 This paper provides a contextual summary of a diachronic analysis of ceramic vessels and hunter-gatherer societies from the final Pleistocene to the later Holocene in a remote corner of the Vitim Basin in Eastern Siberia. An integrated programme of ceramic analysis, raw materials survey, and archaeological investigation is drawn into new models of group mobility and social behaviour. The results challenge widespread assumptions about the relationship between ceramics, sedentarisation, and social complexity. Evidence of these transformations, though potentially identifiable in the archaeological record, could not be associated with the adoption of pottery.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Prehistoric Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | early pottery; Eurasia, mobility; interpretive analysis; hunter-gatherers |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2018 10:33 |
Last Modified: | 19 May 2020 10:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2017.12 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/ppr.2017.12 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127400 |