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Non-discursive knowledge and the construction of identity. Potters, potting and performance at the bronze age tell of Százhalombatta, Hungary

Non-discursive knowledge and the construction of identity. Potters, potting and performance at the bronze age tell of Százhalombatta, Hungary
Non-discursive knowledge and the construction of identity. Potters, potting and performance at the bronze age tell of Százhalombatta, Hungary
This article explores the relationship between the making of things and the making of people at the Bronze Age tell at Százhalombatta, Hungary. Focusing on potters and potting, we explore how the performance of non-discursive knowledge was critical to the construction of social categories. Potters literally came into being as potters through repeated bodily enactment of potting skills. Potters also gained their identity in the social sphere through the connection between their potting performance and their audience. We trace degrees of skill in the ceramic record to reveal the material articulation of non-discursive knowledge and consider the ramifications of the differential acquisition of non-discursive knowledge for the expression of different kinds of potter's identities. The creation of potters as a social category was essential to the ongoing creation of specific forms of material culture. We examine the implications of altered potters' performances and the role of non-discursive knowledge in the construction of social models of the Bronze Age
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203-220
Budden, Sandy
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Sofaer, Joanna
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Budden, Sandy
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Sofaer, Joanna
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Budden, Sandy and Sofaer, Joanna (2009) Non-discursive knowledge and the construction of identity. Potters, potting and performance at the bronze age tell of Százhalombatta, Hungary. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 19 (2), 203-220. (doi:10.1017/S0959774309000274).

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This article explores the relationship between the making of things and the making of people at the Bronze Age tell at Százhalombatta, Hungary. Focusing on potters and potting, we explore how the performance of non-discursive knowledge was critical to the construction of social categories. Potters literally came into being as potters through repeated bodily enactment of potting skills. Potters also gained their identity in the social sphere through the connection between their potting performance and their audience. We trace degrees of skill in the ceramic record to reveal the material articulation of non-discursive knowledge and consider the ramifications of the differential acquisition of non-discursive knowledge for the expression of different kinds of potter's identities. The creation of potters as a social category was essential to the ongoing creation of specific forms of material culture. We examine the implications of altered potters' performances and the role of non-discursive knowledge in the construction of social models of the Bronze Age

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Published date: June 2009
Organisations: Archaeology

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Local EPrints ID: 68779
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/68779
ISSN: 0959-7743
PURE UUID: acfc51ef-1885-4ce6-9d08-314414af066a
ORCID for Joanna Sofaer: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-8636

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Date deposited: 01 Oct 2009
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:45

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Author: Sandy Budden
Author: Joanna Sofaer ORCID iD

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