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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- Copyright 2008 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 1570-6893
- eISSN
- 2213-4522
- DOI
- 10.1163/22134522-90000110
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Until recently, late antique quotidian objects were relegated to the domain of specialist studies and information relating to the context or assemblage within which the objects were found was rarely retained. The objects were studied as individual examples of form or type, rather than as part of an assemblage. The ability of archaeological evidence to contribute to the study of human behaviour largely derives from patterns in the dispersal of artefacts, however, and not simply from the objects themselves. A full description of the archaeological context of particular objects is thus required in order to maximise the recovery of data about the past. Contextual analysis, as it has been developed at Sagalassos, is used to identify human activities and their social and economic implications by carefully delineating the distribution of archaeological material, taking surrounding architecture and the process of context formation into account.
Journal
Late Antique Archaeology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009