Past fragments: From ceramics to social practices in later prehistoric Iberia:

摘要: Sunken features backfilled with domestic refuse represent the prevailing depositional context-type in later prehistory worldwide. Despite being so, this evidence remains poorly understood and has only received sporadic attention, chiefly within Anglophone archaeologies. This paper focuses on ceramics from a suite of such intricate contexts (cut features, burials, settlements, barrows) Iberia diachronic comparative perspective, Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age (5500–1100 BC). A total 10,800 potsherds were examined taphonomic refitting protocol attentive formation dynamics tracking intentionality. Results suggest that most studied assemblages are unplanned by-products social life. From earliest pottery-using communities, habitual actions conditioned eventual preservation extant archaeological record. Fragmentation deposition key practices, ultimately representing enduring trans-cultural phenomena. research challe...