ISBN:
9781108648011
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (364 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version Boivin, Nicole Globalization in Prehistory : Contact, Exchange, and the 'People Without History'
Abstract:
Challenges contemporary understandings of 'globalization' by focusing on the role of non-state prehistoric societies and their vast realms of connectivity
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Globalisation -- Finding a Place for the People without History -- Materialising Globalisation -- De-urbanising Globalisation -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- One What's the Point? -- Introduction -- Globalization and Great Divides -- A Potted History: Ceramic Vessels, Hunter-gatherers and Archaeological Discourse -- Coarse Chronology for the Old World -- Detailing Distribution -- Evaluating Alternatives -- Mobility and Continuity -- Nets and Networks -- What's the Point? The Functions of Vessel Form -- What's the Point? Ceramic Globalization in Prehistory? -- Notes -- References -- Two Globalising Interactions in the Arabian Neolithic and the 'Ubaid -- Introduction -- Prehistoric Globalisation: Definition, World-systems and Interconnectivity -- Globalisation as a Dynamic Process -- Arabian-'Ubaid Interactions: Boat Remains and Ceramic Evidence -- The Arabian Neolithic: Context and Connections -- Media of Communication: Symbolic Objects -- Discussion of Symbolic Objects -- Caches of Symbolic Objects and Function -- Architecture -- Identity in Kuwait during the 'Ubaid/Arabian Neolithic Period -- A Transport Revolution of the Sixth-Fifth Millennium bc -- Conclusions -- References -- Three Domesticate Dispersal, Human Agency and Connectivity in Island Southeast Asia during the Holocene -- Competing Versions of the Past -- Archaeological Traces as Proxies of Interaction -- Domesticated Animals and Plants in ISEA-NG, ca. 4000-3000 cal BP -- The Historical Significance of Domesticate Dispersals -- Gourds -- Rice (Oryza sativa) -- Areca Palm (Areca catechu) -- Recasting the Past -- References -- Four Bronze Age Participation in a "Global" Ecumene -- Introduction
Abstract:
Globalization and Participation -- Four Regional Burial Traditions across Eurasia (2200-1500 bce) -- Burials of the Late Bactria-Margiana Archaeology Complex (BMAC) -- The Zerafshan Valley -- Semirech'ye -- Northwest China (Siba/Qijia/Kermekek/Yanbulak) -- Seeing the Global through the Lens of the Local -- Placing the Body: Body Position -- Grave Materials: Ceramics/Food -- Grave Materials: Metal (Copper/Bronze) -- Exotic Objects -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Five Prehistoric Globalizing Processes in the Tao River Valley, Gansu, China? -- Introduction -- Globalization Theories and (Ab)Uses -- Ancient Globalization? -- Globalizing Processes -- Local Developments in the Qijia Culture -- Tao River Valley -- Qijia Technology and Interaction -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Six Global Networks and Local Agents in the Iron Age Eurasian Steppe -- Introduction -- Global Networks in Iron Age Eurasia -- Local Agents in the Eurasian Steppe -- Mongolian Altai -- Middle Irtysh -- Lower Don -- Configurations of Global Prestige -- Bridging Elites: Global Connectivity in a Disjunctive Small World -- References -- Seven Nomads and Caravan Trade in the Syrian Desert -- Abstract -- Why Nomads and Caravan Trade? -- The Syrian Desert in Premodern World Trade -- The Syrian Desert: Geography, Topography, Climate -- Nomadism in the Syrian Desert -- Camels and Trade -- Three Moments in History -- Nomads and Caravan Trade in the Syrian Desert -- Abbreviations -- References -- Eight Invisible Agents of Eastern Trade -- Introduction -- The Low Visibility of Southeast Asian Societies -- 'States' in a Maritime Southeast Asian Context -- The Roots of the Tree of Globalisation -- Sailors and Traders in the Global Arena -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Nine From Rural Collectables to Global Commodities
Abstract:
Natural Spatial Availabilities and Social Logistics -- Production and Trade of Copper from Oman -- Copper Availability and Social Logistics of Production -- Social Networks of Omani Copper Trade -- Production and Trade of Obsidian from Ethiopia -- Obsidian Availability and Social Logistics of Production -- Social Networks of Ethiopian Obsidian Trade -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Ten The Tsodilo Hills and the Indian Ocean -- The Scope of Wealth -- The Span of Myths -- The Scale of Materials -- Translations of Value -- Notes -- References -- Eleven Christians and Spices -- Botanical Legacies of Peninsular India -- Forest Foundations: Pre-colonial States, Armies, and Ports -- Landscapes: Gathering, Growing, Knowing -- Links: Forest Products in Circulation -- The Portuguese Estado da Índia: 1498 to 1799 -- "Improvement" and Classification: British Colonial Forests -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Twelve Subsistence Middlemen Traders and Pre-colonial Globalization in Melanesia -- Introduction -- Background -- The Problem -- The Vitiaz Strait -- The Ethnographic End-state -- The Archaeology -- Globalization Theory -- Glocalization -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index
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