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Deposition analysis and the hidden life of Bronze Age houses
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SYSNO ASEP 0558277 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Deposition analysis and the hidden life of Bronze Age houses Author(s) Kuna, Martin (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCID
Němcová, A. (CZ)
Šálková, T. (CZ)
Menšík, P. (CZ)
Chvojka, O. (CZ)Number of authors 5 Article number 101433 Source Title Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0278-4165
Roč. 67, September (2022)Number of pages 16 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Bronze Age ; settlement discard ; deposition analysis ; actor-network ; house biography Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology R&D Projects GA18-10747S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) EF16_013/0001439 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Research Infrastructure AIS CR II - 90134 - Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i. Method of publishing Open access Institutional support ARU-G - RVO:67985912 UT WOS 000821911800001 EID SCOPUS 85131696068 DOI 10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101433 Annotation The paper deals with the application of deposition analysis to an unusual type of features in the Late Bronze Age settlements in Central Europe. These are long narrow trenches (referred to as ‘long pits’ in this text) with characteristic standard form and alignment, as well as find contents, including high amounts of secondary-burned pottery fragments. In the context of prehistoric research, these features represent a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted attention in the last two decades due to new excavations in Bohemia and Bavaria. Based on the finds from Březnice (Czechia), the authors conclude that the long pits were connected with the closing rituals following the abandonment and burial of dwellings. Although no houses were directly documented on this site, their presence must be assumed, and their cultural biography can be reconstructed from the depositional characteristics of the accompanying finds. In order to fully understand the processes of deposition, the authors find it useful to focus not only on human agency but also on the relationships between the things themselves. This way, houses are understood as the central element of a hybrid actor-network. Their role may have been strengthened by their ontological status of living beings. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Prague) Contact Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412 Year of Publishing 2023 Electronic address https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416522000411?via%3Dihub
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