Cultural Diversity in Prehistoric Western Eurasia: How were Innovations diffused and re-invented in Ancient Times?
Cargando...
Fecha
Authors
Título de la revista
ISSN de la revista
Título del volumen
Editor
Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios Sobre Diversidad Cultural
Resumen
Descripción
El discurso arqueológico ha destacado durante mucho tiempo las grandes narrativas de difusión. Desde los centros culturales de Egipto y Mesopotamia, las ondas culturales emitían e inundaban las regiones circundantes. Fue con el advenimiento de la datación en C14 que muchos de esos modelos difusionistas no pudieron ser sostenidos ya que las supuestas periferias de repente disponían de fechas más antiguas para muchos fenómenos técnicos, sociales o religiosos que se suponían
originados originalmente en el Cercano Oriente. Hoy, por primera vez, la arqueología es capaz de rastrear tales difusiones sin tener un modelo subyacente que deba ser aceptado. En cambio, la arqueología moderna es capaz de ayudarse a sí misma a comprender la complejidad y los problemas de los procesos de difusión y, por lo tanto, permite una nueva y profunda comprensión histórica. Este trabajo explorará los registros arqueológicos de Europa y Asia Occidental, con alguna mención al norte
de África, y estudiará cómo la diversidad cultural del "Viejo Mundo" también influyó en los procesos, que a menudo se simplifican como una evolución de la complejidad, es decir, la difusión del conocimiento técnico y el surgimiento de sociedades complejas.
The archaeological discourse has for a long time stressed great narratives of diffusion. From the supposed centres of Egypt and Mesopotamia cultural waves emitted and flooded through the surrounding regions. It was with the advent of C14-dating that many of those diffusionistic models could not be upheld anymore since the assumed peripheries suddenly disposed of older dates for many technical, social or religious phenomena that were thought to have initially originated in the Near East. Today, for the first time, archaeology is able to trace such diffusions without having an underlying model which is also needed for dating the finds. Instead modern archaeology is able to help itself understand the complexity and problems of diffusion processes and thus allows a new, deep historical understanding. The paper will explore the archaeological record of Europe and Western Asia, with some mentions on Northern Africa, and study how cultural diversity of the “Old World” also influenced processes, which are often simplified as an evolution of complexity, namely the diffusion of technical knowledge and the rise of complex societies.
The archaeological discourse has for a long time stressed great narratives of diffusion. From the supposed centres of Egypt and Mesopotamia cultural waves emitted and flooded through the surrounding regions. It was with the advent of C14-dating that many of those diffusionistic models could not be upheld anymore since the assumed peripheries suddenly disposed of older dates for many technical, social or religious phenomena that were thought to have initially originated in the Near East. Today, for the first time, archaeology is able to trace such diffusions without having an underlying model which is also needed for dating the finds. Instead modern archaeology is able to help itself understand the complexity and problems of diffusion processes and thus allows a new, deep historical understanding. The paper will explore the archaeological record of Europe and Western Asia, with some mentions on Northern Africa, and study how cultural diversity of the “Old World” also influenced processes, which are often simplified as an evolution of complexity, namely the diffusion of technical knowledge and the rise of complex societies.
Citación
Colecciones
Aprobación
Revisión
Complementado por
Referenciado por
Licencia Creative Commons
Excepto donde se indique lo contrario, la licencia de este ítem se describe como https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ar/