Naslov
After archaeometry gives us 42, what do we do?

Autori
Šošić Klindžić, Rajna

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Izvornik
6th International Scientific Conference Metodology and Archaeometry Book of Abstracts / Miloglav, Ina - Zagreb : Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb & Croatian Archaeological Society, 2018, 42-43

ISBN
978-953-175-745-4

Skup
6th Scientific Conference Methodology & Archaeometry (MetArh)

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 06.12.2018. - 07.12.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Prehistoric economy ; raw material supply ; behavior

Sažetak
T is almost impossible to perform any archaeological research without using some method from other disciplines. We rely on data provided by archaeometrical methods to make our research more specific, more valid, more valuable. Lithic raw material provenance is regarded as an important source of information about technological and social practices of prehistoric communities as well as a possible indica-tor of their complexities. Therefore archaeologists try with help of geologists to pinpoint the locations of the raw material extraction in hope to find answers about their habits and mutual connections. But what happens when we succeed? When in vast areas of pos-sibilities for obtaining simple and similar raw material we really find the one prehistoric people preferred? We know now when, we know where, even how, but the main question remains. Why? We, archaeologists, deploy more and more various scientific methods, but our main goal remains the same. At that main goal is historical - knowledge about people in the past. So, solid and scientific valid evidence provided by archaeometrical methods are only the raw data, the beginning of archaeological interpretation. In this presentation I will reflect on my own research, present conclusions I tried to drawn and methods I will test to try to construct a valid archaeological explanation of irrational behaviour in the supply of everyday common necessities that archaeometrical analysis detected. In order to investigate human behaviour in the past, we have to turn existing human behaviour and research of social networks to try to understand the complexities of decision making.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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