The social significance of Neolithic stone bead technologies at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk
This project aims to better understand the social significance of stone bead production and use, from a technological perspective, at the large Neolithic settlement of ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk, Turkey. This is done by closely examining technological practices and choices, reconstructing the manufacturing process, and analysing production contexts in order to determine the organization of production at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk, and the presence of craft specialization, all based on a large dataset providing both synchronic and diachronic perspectives of life at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk. Specifically, contexts with production evidence are identified and examined, manufacture marks on finished and unfinished beads are analysed, perforating tools are examined for use-wear, and some basic bead making experiments are also conducted. More importantly, the reasons behind the presence of craft specialization, and what factors may have propelled it, are also discussed. Technology is a fundamental aspect of daily life for Neolithic people, whether it is obtaining raw materials, manipulating them into finished products, using them, or exchanging them; technology is therefore a tangible form of constructing, maintaining, and propagating social ideologies.
Bains, Roseleen K.
The social significance of Neolithic stone bead technologies at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk. This project aims to better understand the social significance of stone bead production and use, from a technological perspective, at the large Neolithic settlement of ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk, Turkey. This is done by closely examining technological practices and choices, reconstructing the manufacturing process, and analysing production contexts in order to determine the organization of production at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk, and the presence of craft specialization, all based on a large dataset providing both synchronic and diachronic perspectives of life at ĂatalhĂ¶yĂŒk. Specifically, contexts with production evidence are identified and examined, manufacture marks on finished and unfinished beads are analysed, perforating tools are examined for use-wear, and some basic bead making experiments are also conducted. More importantly, the reasons behind the presence of craft specialization, and what factors may have propelled it, are also discussed. Technology is a fundamental aspect of daily life for Neolithic people, whether it is obtaining raw materials, manipulating them into finished products, using them, or exchanging them; technology is therefore a tangible form of constructing, maintaining, and propagating social ideologies.
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