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The scent of sandstone – exploring a TRB material

In English

Författare

Redaktör

  • Kristian Brink
  • Susan Hydén
  • Kristina Jennbert
  • Lars Larsson
  • Deborah Olausson

Summary, in English

The aim of this article is to briefly explore how quartz-rich sandstone might have been perceived by TRB societies. Using the senses as a point of departure, it discusses how sandstone was selected for grinding stones and for dry walling in megaliths, emphasizing the significance of the visual as well as the mechanical

properties of the material. The article also acknowledges the complexity of the way in which the material was perceived. The significance of sandstone was shaped by context, implying that a changing context altered its significance. Ultimately, this study is a call for taking materials seriously by exploring them in a more nuanced way. Analogies, for example, can be very useful – not as proof, but as a way of raising questions and scenting the diversity of the Neolithic.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

224-232

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Neolithic Diversities : Perspectives from a conference in Lund, Sweden Acta Archaeologica Lundensia, Series in 8o

Volym

65

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University

Ämne

  • History and Archaeology

Nyckelord

  • sandstone
  • grinding stones
  • ground stone artefacts
  • Neolithic
  • material culture
  • tools
  • megaliths
  • analogies
  • dry stone wall

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-91-89578-60-9