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Archaeological Networks and Social Interaction

Archaeological networks and social interaction Networks in archaeology The spatial focus Networks of interaction Framing the micro scale References Relational concepts and challenges to network analysis in social archaeology Introduction A Melanesian ontology of face-to-face networks A Classical ontology?Gothic ontology and sympathy among things Conclusions Acknowledgments References Entangled identities: Processes of status construction in late Urnfield burials Introduction Bronze Age elites at the dawn of the Iron Age The late Urnfield culture (Ha B3)Elite identity in Late Urnfield graves Strathernograms and funeral identity construction Translating aspects of identity into network models Attributes on nodes or ties Complementary networks Multi-modal networks Conclusion Notes References Distributed feasts: Reciprocity, hospitality and banquets in Iron Age to Orientalising central and southern Italy Introduction The origins of the gift Strathern’s The Gender of the Gift: distributed personhood, Melanesia and Strathernograms Defining the feast Feasting and reciprocity in Homeric epic Visualising the feast: Strathernograms and reciprocity Applying Gell’s Strathernograms: feasting in Early Iron Age and Orientalising Lazio and Campania References Marble network: Social interaction in houses at Pompeii Introduction The Roman house and social assumptions for the network analysis Network dataset Discussion of network graphs for all houses Discussion of network graphs for Regio I: the case of atria with impluvia The results of the network analysis for all houses Final remarks - networks, social interaction and marble decoration at Pompeii Notes References Objects that bind, objects that separate Introduction Setting the scene Framing interaction The lives of Pithekoussan objects Drinking cups Oinochoai Oil containers Pithekoussan interactions Conclusion Notes References A complex beadwork: Bead trade and trade beads in Scandinavia ca. 800-1000 AD revisited Introduction Beads and bead trade ‘Trade beads and bead trade’ - unplugged ‘Trade beads and bead trade’ - digitally remastered Beadwork dynamics Networks compared Conclusion Acknowledgements Note References Social network analysis and the social interactions that define Hopewell Introduction Methods and materials Results All lithics network Middle Distance Scale (Wyandotte, Knox, Burlington)Distant Exotics Scale Discussion Acknowledgements References Terrestrial communication networks and political agency in Early Iron Age Central Italy (950-500 BCE): A bottom-up approach Introduction Theory and methodology Case studies and data Case studies Data Analyses Discussion of the results Conclusions Acknowledgements Notes References

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