“…At Çatalhöyük these differences (e.g., between domestic and ritual) are always difficult to disentangle and various elements are intertwined in such a manner that separating or differentiating between them is impossible (Hodder, 2014a). This approach is based on the assumption that the higher the level of similarity between buildings, the higher the probability that they were somehow affiliated; this assumption forms the basis of previous archaeological network analyses (see Östborn and Gerding, 2014 for a review and Mills et al, 2018;Giomi and Peeples, 2019 for recent applications). Furthermore, this approach acknowledges that the complexity of Çatalhöyük's history can be grasped only by combining the widest possible number of datasets, even if they are not obviously related, and that a relational and contextual process of "assemblage" of strands of evidence is needed to produce robust interpretations (Hodder, 2014a(Hodder, , 2015.…”
Section: Tying the Knot: Socio-materials Similarity Network At çAtalhmentioning
Vast in scale and densely inhabited, Late Neolithic Near Eastern megasites have been variously considered in relation to urbanity. Often viewed as failed experiments on the path to proper urbanism or proto-urban sites, these settlements reveal few signs of hierarchical social stratification despite their large size; as such, they represent a challenge for the understanding of early processes of community formation and social integration. Drawing upon a wide range of data and using socio-material network analysis as a methodological tool, this paper explores the way the late Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük was organized internally and specifically the way individual houses were embedded in the wider social fabric of the site. This study sheds light on the nature of the networks of social engagement and affiliation that emerge in the Holocene within large early agricultural communities and the way such networks were manifested.
“…At Çatalhöyük these differences (e.g., between domestic and ritual) are always difficult to disentangle and various elements are intertwined in such a manner that separating or differentiating between them is impossible (Hodder, 2014a). This approach is based on the assumption that the higher the level of similarity between buildings, the higher the probability that they were somehow affiliated; this assumption forms the basis of previous archaeological network analyses (see Östborn and Gerding, 2014 for a review and Mills et al, 2018;Giomi and Peeples, 2019 for recent applications). Furthermore, this approach acknowledges that the complexity of Çatalhöyük's history can be grasped only by combining the widest possible number of datasets, even if they are not obviously related, and that a relational and contextual process of "assemblage" of strands of evidence is needed to produce robust interpretations (Hodder, 2014a(Hodder, , 2015.…”
Section: Tying the Knot: Socio-materials Similarity Network At çAtalhmentioning
Vast in scale and densely inhabited, Late Neolithic Near Eastern megasites have been variously considered in relation to urbanity. Often viewed as failed experiments on the path to proper urbanism or proto-urban sites, these settlements reveal few signs of hierarchical social stratification despite their large size; as such, they represent a challenge for the understanding of early processes of community formation and social integration. Drawing upon a wide range of data and using socio-material network analysis as a methodological tool, this paper explores the way the late Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük was organized internally and specifically the way individual houses were embedded in the wider social fabric of the site. This study sheds light on the nature of the networks of social engagement and affiliation that emerge in the Holocene within large early agricultural communities and the way such networks were manifested.
“…The shift to a more general chronological scheme also may help us to span the increasing gap between the macrohistorical, transregional research efforts (Bocinsky et al 2016;Mills et al 2018) that utilize "big data" analyses and the "small data" research of Reviews in Colorado Archaeology 2:19-39 day-to-day preservation work mandated by local, state, or federal regulations. The intent in moving to a broader chronological scheme and a regionally focused landscape approach is to help us transcend the state lines and ideological divides that have otherwise separated and weakened our research in the northern Southwest.…”
Section: The Definition Of the Context Area: The 1999 Context And Promentioning
The Southern Colorado River Basin context published in 1999 offered a remarkable overview of Mesa Verde regional archaeology. It reviewed the available research for each main period of occupation and, at the end of each summary, outlined some of the most important questions for future research. For the late Basketmaker and early Pueblo periods many of those research questions have been addressed or are now outdated. Current questions are not just about research, but also about how to balance long-term heritage management goals with site-specific research. The accelerating loss of cultural landscape to irrigated fields, energy development, and the expansion of country homes requires us to both broaden the scope of our preservation planning and the scale of our research questions to the landscape level. In this review I propose changes to the extent and nature of the Southern Colorado River Basin context area, as well as offer amendments to the previous period chronologies based on what we have learned. Lastly, I suggest an array of research themes for future work. Although this is not a state-approved context, it is offered as a challenge to us—whether we represent the state, a federal agency, a university, or a CRM firm—to think big about the research we do in the greater Mesa Verde region.
“…Also in this section, Mills et al . (2018) add material culture to a regional database to assess the changing structure of Chaco’s social networks.Figure 3Katherine Dungan recording a small house in the Kin Bineola community with Hosta Butte in background left (photograph by Barbara J. Mills).…”
Section: Regionalismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Mills et al . (2018) also examine Chaco origins, through ceramic networks, concluding that there is little evidence for northern founders. Instead, they suggest areas south and west, as have researchers working on the provenance of timbers (Guiterman et al .…”
Section: Differentiationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While people from the Northern San Juan may not have founded Chaco, evidence supports their incorporation into the Chaco World by the AD 1000s, and later migration into the central canyon (Wills 2009; Mills et al . 2018).…”
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