Tracing social inequality in the Neolithic through technology
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Although prehistoric technologies are sometimes perceived as being purely practical and ergonomic, they reflect multiple aspects of the cultural and social relations of a given community. One of the theoretical frameworks for studying technologies is the notion of practical and prestigious technologies, where practical technologies are used to solve basic needs, such as acquiring food, making of shelter, while prestigious technologies are used to solve a social problem, to negotiate and display power and prestige, etc. In this paper, we will analyse some of the aspects of the lithic and osseous technologies in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture in the central Balkan area, with particular focus on rare, exotic, luxurious raw materials: marine shells and lithic raw materials such as marble, obsidian, etc. Beside their exotic origin, their technological traits and life biographies (intensity and duration of use, instances or repair, modes of discard, etc.) suggest these were valued raw mate...rials. The distribution, diversity and frequency of these items vary considerably from site to site, showing that only limited number of settlements and individuals had access to them. The site of Vinča-Belo Brdo particularly stands out among other Vinča culture settlements by diversity and frequency of items made from luxurious raw materials, but there are also some other sites that yielded interesting artefacts, such as the site of Pločnik, where several ornaments made from marine shells were discovered, along with some other less frequently encountered lithic raw materials. This shows that there were differences in economy between different settlements, but also in their importance and wealth, and presumably status. However, at present state it is difficult to assess whether prestigious status was held by individuals, smaller (perhaps family) group or larger groups.
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prehistoric archaeology / prehistoric technology / praistorijska tehnologija / lithic technology / bone industry - prehistory / bone technology / Neolithic / Neolit / social archaeology / social stratificationИзвор:
27th EAA Annual Meeting Widening Horizons (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book, 2021, 171-171Издавач:
- European Association of Archaeologists
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CONF AU - Vitezović, Selena AU - Antonović, Dragana AU - Mihailovic, Danica PY - 2021 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/854 AB - Although prehistoric technologies are sometimes perceived as being purely practical and ergonomic, they reflect multiple aspects of the cultural and social relations of a given community. One of the theoretical frameworks for studying technologies is the notion of practical and prestigious technologies, where practical technologies are used to solve basic needs, such as acquiring food, making of shelter, while prestigious technologies are used to solve a social problem, to negotiate and display power and prestige, etc. In this paper, we will analyse some of the aspects of the lithic and osseous technologies in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture in the central Balkan area, with particular focus on rare, exotic, luxurious raw materials: marine shells and lithic raw materials such as marble, obsidian, etc. Beside their exotic origin, their technological traits and life biographies (intensity and duration of use, instances or repair, modes of discard, etc.) suggest these were valued raw materials. The distribution, diversity and frequency of these items vary considerably from site to site, showing that only limited number of settlements and individuals had access to them. The site of Vinča-Belo Brdo particularly stands out among other Vinča culture settlements by diversity and frequency of items made from luxurious raw materials, but there are also some other sites that yielded interesting artefacts, such as the site of Pločnik, where several ornaments made from marine shells were discovered, along with some other less frequently encountered lithic raw materials. This shows that there were differences in economy between different settlements, but also in their importance and wealth, and presumably status. However, at present state it is difficult to assess whether prestigious status was held by individuals, smaller (perhaps family) group or larger groups. PB - European Association of Archaeologists C3 - 27th EAA Annual Meeting Widening Horizons (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book T1 - Tracing social inequality in the Neolithic through technology EP - 171 SP - 171 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_854 ER -
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Vitezović, S., Antonović, D.,& Mihailovic, D.. (2021). Tracing social inequality in the Neolithic through technology. in 27th EAA Annual Meeting Widening Horizons (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book European Association of Archaeologists., 171-171. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_854
Vitezović S, Antonović D, Mihailovic D. Tracing social inequality in the Neolithic through technology. in 27th EAA Annual Meeting Widening Horizons (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book. 2021;:171-171. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_854 .
Vitezović, Selena, Antonović, Dragana, Mihailovic, Danica, "Tracing social inequality in the Neolithic through technology" in 27th EAA Annual Meeting Widening Horizons (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book (2021):171-171, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_854 .