Connectivity: An Ecological Paradigm for the Study of Bronze Age

<p>“Connectivity: an ecological paradigm for the study of Bronze Age” addresses the relationship between historic and prehistoric people, and the landscapes they inhabited, moved about, and continue to inhabit. It suggests alternative methodological approaches that have broader ramifications for the discipline of (Bronze Age) archaeology. By engaging the code and innovations stemming from ecology and digital technology, the research questions concern the interface – referred to as connectivity – between the archaeological sites, resources, networks of communication, and the conditions of archaeological knowledge acquisition. Drawing on published and new data, the aim of the project is to put forward a strategy for a geographically and linguistically inclusive research of the Bronze Age Collapse, analyzing <em>landscape</em> <em>connectivity</em> that does not promote <em>culture</em> as a common denominator of archaeological data sets. Topics that are explored: archaeometallurgy, environmental pressures, mobility, pottery analysis - can be distilled to the issue of scalability of archaeological scholarship. The narrower case study focuses on the southeastern Europe 1650-1100 BCE.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Mitrović, Slobodan

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Arthur Bankoff
• Thomas McGovern

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Arthur Bankoff
• Alexander Bauer
• Peter Biehl
• Thomas McGovern

• Archaeological Anthropology
• Ecology
• Landscape Connectivity
• Bronze Age
• Archaeometallurgy
• Southeast Europe
• Digital Humanities

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/690

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-1692