Mapping urban assemblages: Simulating material culture and social dynamics in a flea market context

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://archeologickerozhledy.cz/index.php/ar/article/view/258" target="_blank" >https://archeologickerozhledy.cz/index.php/ar/article/view/258</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35686/AR.2025.258" target="_blank" >10.35686/AR.2025.258</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Mapping urban assemblages: Simulating material culture and social dynamics in a flea market context

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Although urban archaeological research yields a wealth of information, interpreting material culture in a complex context complicates the estimation of the artefact-space-human relationship. Drawing on the archaeological research on active (still operating) sites, this study presents a simulation of those dynamics using as an example a vibrant flea market, which is considered a space with a condensed assemblage of relationships between people and objects in a confined area. This approach allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of archaeological sites and social relations. We assume that multiple human activities, like trade, have their material reflection in waste and can be archaeologically investigated. We surveyed a flea market (Cieplice, SW Poland), mapping finds of discarded or lost items and assigning them to different functional categories. The results show a partial correlation between the stalls and finds, varying on the object kind. However, the finds, given that as contemporary humans we understand the ‘total’ context, allow unobvious interpretations, opening a new perspective also for medieval and post-medieval urban archaeology.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Mapping urban assemblages: Simulating material culture and social dynamics in a flea market context

Popis výsledku anglicky

Although urban archaeological research yields a wealth of information, interpreting material culture in a complex context complicates the estimation of the artefact-space-human relationship. Drawing on the archaeological research on active (still operating) sites, this study presents a simulation of those dynamics using as an example a vibrant flea market, which is considered a space with a condensed assemblage of relationships between people and objects in a confined area. This approach allows for a better understanding of the dynamics of archaeological sites and social relations. We assume that multiple human activities, like trade, have their material reflection in waste and can be archaeologically investigated. We surveyed a flea market (Cieplice, SW Poland), mapping finds of discarded or lost items and assigning them to different functional categories. The results show a partial correlation between the stalls and finds, varying on the object kind. However, the finds, given that as contemporary humans we understand the ‘total’ context, allow unobvious interpretations, opening a new perspective also for medieval and post-medieval urban archaeology.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Archeologické rozhledy

ISSN

0323-1267

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

77

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

164-180

Kód UT WoS článku

001542013000004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105011661851