The Measurement of Transcription-Turntable Speed Variation

Roys, H. E.

doi:10.1109/jrproc.1943.234345

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“…An example from documentary sources (associated with post-conquest Maya society) illustrates a situation of multi-crafting. Clark and Houston (1998, 36) cite ethno-historian Roys' (1972Roys' ( [1943, 46) observation that nearly everybody seems to have done some farming; and the producers of merchantable goods followed their callings at such times as work in the fields and necessary tasks about the home did not require their attention. A man might make many things for his own use but manufacture for sale only the one thing for the production of which he was specially trained or naturally adept.…”

Section: Contexts Of Craftingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Heterarchy: Crafting and Social Projects in Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentina

DeMarrais

2013

CAJ

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Archaeological studies of specialized craft production in hierarchies often highlight the crucial roles of prestige goods in ancient political economies. Yet elaborate crafted items are also produced and circulated widely in heterarchically-ordered societies, where powerful elites are absent. In this latter case, attributing crafting to the agency of elites — or to the demands of political economy — is unconvincing. This article investigates the alternative cultural logic underlying crafting in heterarchies, seeking to understand both the contexts of crafting and the nature of the ‘social projects’ in which artisans were engaged. Expectations for archaeological signatures of craft activity are developed and applied to a case study, drawing upon recent excavations in northwest Argentina.

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Section: Contexts Of Craftingmentioning

confidence: 99%