2020

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Rocznik: 2020 | Tom: 72 | Numer: 2

artykuł naukowy

angielski

EN Although the notion that the past was populated by cultural spheres containing relatively homogenous populations is pervasive, nuanced considerations of intra-culture variability allows for the recognition of local or regional identities that were simultaneously connected to but distinct from an overarching cultural sphere. This requires the identification of multiple interrelated cultural constituents and recognition of a kind of cultural layering in which the identity or identities salient for members of a particular group are conceptualized as consisting of variably articulating categories that interact with and depend upon each other. Our approach to cultural variability and identity construction is based on this view and posits that cultural spheres studied in archaeological contexts can be divided into distinct but related cultural subgroups or dialects based on variations in material cultural data and studied independently or comparatively. The members of each dialectal group are more similar to each other than they are to those belonging to other dialectal categories; however, groups within a single cultural sphere are necessarily more similar to each other than any are to cultural categories located within the conceptual space of a different cultural tradition. A dialectal approach to culture is thus inherently pluralistic.

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10.23858/SA/72.2020.2.2260

https://journals.iaepan.pl/sa/article/view/2260/2392

CC BY (uznanie autorstwa)

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