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02/13/2024 - 02/13/2024 | Kiel
Abstract:
More than four decades ago, when I began my studies in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, the predominant conceptual perspectives framed the precolonial world as largely local, relatively static, dominated by closed socio-spatial units, and economically organized through top-down redistribution. Early on, as a participant in Valley of Oaxaca regional surveys, these perspectives never really squared with what we empirically recorded, a dissonant implication that only magnified with decades of excavations in domestic contexts in the region. Nevertheless, it was only later with the application of broadened technological tools focused on obsidian sourcing and the building of a comparative archive that we could more systematically assess and document the dynamic and multi-scalar character of Precolonial Mesoamerica. Here, drawing on a sample of more than 500,000 pieces of sourced obsidian, I outline some of the key findings of that research and how it underpins a necessary politico-economic reconceptualization of this premodern world.
Information on participating / attending:
Date:
02/13/2024 10:00 - 02/13/2024 12:00
Event venue:
Leibnizstraße 1, Room 105a
24118 Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, Environment / ecology, History / archaeology, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
12/21/2023
Sender/author:
Jan Steffen
Department:
Media and Public Outreach
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event75915
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