The archaeology of Fjordland Archipelagos : mobility networks, social practice and the built environment
Investigation of the archaeological record of hunters and gatherers has been frequently concerned with the origins of social complexity. Yet, 'social complexity' is not a straightforward variable, and the category 'complex hunter-gatherer' may create more problems than it solves. Rejection of the category does not, however, eliminate nor account for real variation in the social organisation and archaeological signatures of hunter-gatherers. Archaeological analyses of hunter-gatherer economies have frequently considered time-budgeting constraints associated with the production, storage, and redistribution of surpluses to be central. However, examination of these time constraints show that they are not necessarily a constraint upon the development of social complexity, but are an expression of the relationship between individual humans and their environment. Spatial and temporal constraints are manifested through the individual's body, and are expressed through technology, settlement pattern, and mobility practice. Some spatial approaches in archaeology, such as locational analysis, have focused on the individual monad but few have done so in a manner that adequately expresses the possibilities and constraints
Mackie, Quentin
CC Archaeology
The archaeology of Fjordland Archipelagos : mobility networks, social practice and the built environment. Investigation of the archaeological record of hunters and gatherers has been frequently concerned with the origins of social complexity. Yet, 'social complexity' is not a straightforward variable, and the category 'complex hunter-gatherer' may create more problems than it solves. Rejection of the category does not, however, eliminate nor account for real variation in the social organisation and archaeological signatures of hunter-gatherers. Archaeological analyses of hunter-gatherer economies have frequently considered time-budgeting constraints associated with the production, storage, and redistribution of surpluses to be central. However, examination of these time constraints show that they are not necessarily a constraint upon the development of social complexity, but are an expression of the relationship between individual humans and their environment. Spatial and temporal constraints are manifested through the individual's body, and are expressed through technology, settlement pattern, and mobility practice. Some spatial approaches in archaeology, such as locational analysis, have focused on the individual monad but few have done so in a manner that adequately expresses the possibilities and constraints
archaeology mobility network social_practice build_environment investigation archaeological_record hunter_gatherer frequently concern origins social_complexity yet social_complexity straightforward variable category complex_hunter gatherer may create problem rejection category however eliminate account real variation social_organisation archaeological signatures hunter_gatherer archaeological_analysis hunter_gatherer economy frequently consider time constraint associate production storage redistribution surplus central however examination time constraint show necessarily constraint upon development social_complexity expression relationship individual human_environment spatial_temporal constraint manifest individual body express technology settlement_pattern mobility practice spatial approach_archaeology locational analysis focus individual manner adequately express possibility constraint