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The interpretation of loomweights in various archaeological contexts

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Miszk Ł.
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization
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2012
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vol. 16
119-129
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At most settlement sites in the Mediterranean, as well as at many necropoleis, artefacts interpreted as loomweights have been uncovered within contexts dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. These smallish objects, mostly made of clay, were essential for the production of textiles. Regrettably, loomweights have not attracted the scholarly attention due to them for a long time. However, in recent years they have become a focus of interest, especially in publications of excavated material. This has allowed the current author to distinguish five principal types of context in which artefacts of this class have been encountered in the process of archaeological exploration. Their classification and interpretation will be discussed in the present paper.
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Artefact collecting: creating or destroying the archaeological record?

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Barford P. M.
Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia
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2020
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vol. 25
39-91
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This paper examines some of the arguments used by archaeologists in favour of collaborating useful for archaeological research and is a form of public engagement with archaeology. It takes as a case study records of 48 600 medieval artefacts removed from archaeological contexts by artefact hunters and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme in England and Wales. The past and potential uses of these records as an archaeological source are objectively reviewed, together with an assessment of the degree to which they provide mitigation of the damage caused to the otherwise unthreatened archaeological record. It is concluded that, although information can be obtained by studying records of findspots of addressed artefacts such as coins, in general the claims made in support of professional archaeological collaboration with this kind of activity prove to be false.
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Lychnological miscellanea from Polish excavations in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean

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Zych I.
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
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2019
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vol. 28(1)
469-554
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A review article collecting obscure publications and mentions of finds of lamps (made of clay and glass, some of stone and metal as well) and lighting accessories, like wicks, wick holders and lamp stands and holders (polycandela) scattered in reports and papers of the archaeological excavations carried out or under the auspices of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, published in the past 60 years since the Centre’s founding in 1959. The article draws upon finds presented conjointly with reports from excavations, often including significant contextual information about the discoveries, which are still to see their final publication. This data is summarized in relevant cases, the author contributing, wherever possible, new insight and interpretations, citing new parallels and introducing occasional corrigenda.
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Od wykopalisk archeologicznych po muzea – czyli jak pozbywamy się rzeczy

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Stobiecka M.
Barbarzyńca. Pismo Antropologiczne
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2018
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issue 23
26-45
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This paper constitutes an attempt to reconstruct the route of an artifact discovered during archaeological excavations that was later analyzed, published and finally exhibited in a museum. Unearthed artifacts, which are most frequently objects of daily use, after being described, registered and categorized, function in museums merely as immaterial signs reduced to museum labels. Archaeological displays in museums remain very specialized and hermetic forms of exhibition that do not arouse public interest. Typologies and classifications that are comprehensible almost exclusively to archaeologists create a situation in which archaeological museums are often seen as hermetic and unattractive to general public. At the same time, by dematerializing artifacts in typological presentations, museums neglect the very important ontological aspect of artifacts, i.e. their archaeological context. This ignorance is also visible in narrations that lack references to an object’s original function. However, archaeology faces a shift in paradigm nowadays. The digital turn shapes new approaches in archaeology and strongly influences the way artifacts are presented in museums. However, applying the latest technologies in archaeological museums is sometimes limited to creating virtual realities, which are very distant from the tangible artifacts. This paper, based on some concepts driven from the return to things, aims at showing the very reductionist approach to matter in contemporary archaeology.
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