Knowledge and power in prehistoric societies: orality, memory, and the transmission of culture
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2015
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XXVI, 276 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781107059375 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Illustrations page xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
1 PRIMARY ORALITY IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT i
Introduction i
Knowledge and power in prehistoric cultures 3
Knowledge systems in transition 4
Clarifying some frequently used terms 5
Mnemonic monuments ֊ the ten indicators 7
1. A stratified society with no sign of individual wealth or coercion 7
2. Public and restricted ceremonial sites 8
3. Large investment of labour for no obvious reason 8
4. Signs of a prescribed order - the Method of Loci 9
5. Enigmatic decorated objects 9
6. An imbalance in trade 10
7. Astronomical observations and calendrical devices 10
8. Monuments that reference the landscape 11
9. Acoustic enhancement 12
10. Rock art as mnemonic 12
Conclusion 12
2 KNOWLEDGE AND POWER IN ORAL CULTURES 14
Introduction 14
Oral tradition 15
Oral tradition as history 16
Oral tradition as religion 20
Oral tradition as pragmatism 21
When knowledge was power 24
Public and restricted knowledge 27
Restricting knowledge increases power 28
Knowledge is traded 29
Formal knowledge is formally taught 3 0
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The integrated nature of traditional knowledge systems 33
Conclusion 35
3 PRIMARY ORALITY AND ORAL MNEMONIC
TECHNOLOGIES 36
Introduction 3 6
Natural and artificial memory 3 7
The orality/literacy debates 38
The orality/literacy dichotomy 39
Data, information and knowledge systems 41
Oral tradition as an indexed information system 41
The knowledge systems extend beyond the song texts 43
Oral technologies 44
Knowledge is performed 46
The role of song 47
The role of dance 49
The role of story 50
Mythology 52
Gatherings serve a multiplicity of purposes 56
A comparison of orality and literacy 58
Conclusion 61
4 MATERIAL MNEMONIC TECHNOLOGIES 62
Introduction 62
Non-portable mnemonic technologies 63
The Method of Loci 69
From ancient cultures to contemporary mnemonists 71
The role of art 72
Poles and posts as mnemonic 74
Portable mnemonic technologies 74
Ephemeral art 90
Conclusion 91
5 ANIMAL AND PLANT KNOWLEDGE IN ORAL TRADITION 93
Introduction 93
Science and the ‘orality/literacy divide’ 94
Issues with the enthnobiological method 95
The depth of indigenous knowledge of plants and animals 97
Plants 107
Animals and plants as metaphor 11 o
Conclusion m
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6 TIME AND SPACE 112
Introduction 112
Measuring time in non-literate cultures 113
Watching the sky — ethnoastronomy 115
Navigation 120
Genealogies 127
Conclusion 129
7 CASE STUDY: THE YOLNGU SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE 130
Introduction 130
A brief overview of Yolngu culture 132
Oral mnemonic technologies 133
The ten indicators of mnemonic monuments 135
Conclusion 145
8 CASE STUDY: THE PUEBLO SYSTEM OF KNOWLEDGE 146
Introduction 146
A brief overview of Pueblo cultures 147
Mythology, ceremony, story and song 150
Plants and animals 151
The kachina cult 154
The ten indicators of mnemonic monuments 156
Conclusion 164
9 CHACO CANYON IN THE ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN
CONTEXT 165
Introduction 165
Why Chaco Canyon? 166
A brief overview of Chacoan archaeology 166
Great houses and kivas 168
The current theories 172
Memory and knowledge in the Chacoan system 173
The ten indicators of mnemonic monuments 174
Conclusion 18 $
10 POVERTY POINT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAIC
CONTEXT 186
Introduction 186
Why Poverty Point? 187
Overview of Poverty Point archaeology 189
The current theories 190
The ten indicators of mnemonic monuments 193
Conclusion 202
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1 1 STONEHENGE IN THE BRITISH AND IRISH NEOLITHIC
CONTEXT 203
Introduction 203
Why Stonehenge? 204
A brief overview of British and Irish Neolithic archaeology 204
The stages of the Stonehenge complex of monuments 213
The current theories 217
The ten indicators of mnemonic monuments 221
Conclusion 233
12 CONCLUSIONS 234
Primary orality in historical oral cultures 234
From mnemonic to aesthetic: art across the orality /literacy divide 235
Application to archaeological interpretation of other small-scale
non-literate cultures 235
How far back can we find evidence of a formal knowledge system? 236
Conclusion 237
Notes 241
Cited references 245
Index 267
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