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Full of holes: Caves and

rockshelters in the east  Adriatic between

Mesolithic and BronzeAge

Dimitrij MlekužDept. of Archaeology

Faculty of ArtsUniversity of Ljubljana

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Affordances

“properties of the real environment as directly perceived

by an agent in the context of practical action”

(Ingold 1992:46)

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from Binford 1980

Mobile individuals  move

across the landscape on

their daily schedule.  As

they move they perceive

affordances.

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Grotta Benussi/

Pejca na Sedlu

What does it afford that

an open air locale do

not?

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“the surroundings are aware, sensate, personified. They

feel. they can be offended. And they must, at everymoment, be treated with proper respect”, Koyukon

informant (Kinsley 1995:37),

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Animal People

Janet Kigusiuq

Baker Lake, 1981

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wihkohtowin, ritual eat-all feast among Rock Cree

takes place indoors, in a sealed cabin

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Personal space/interpersonal distance

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from Turnbull 1965

Flexibility of an

open air camp

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from Binford 1978

Interpersonal distance structures archaeological record

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obore, ograde,  hlevi ... so artefakti  namenjeni

shranjevanju živali (in ljudi)  in tehnologija moči

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2m

N

Dry stone wall

(Eneolithic?)

Stone platform

(Bronze Age)

Burntanimal dung

(Neolithic/Eneolithic)

Dry stone wall

(Medieval)

Dry stone wall

Mala Triglavca

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0 20 40 60

0

2

0

40

60

80

100

 

age in months

% survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 1 (N=10)

Phase 2 (N=61)Phase 3 (N=49)

Phase 4 (N=6)

Mleko ali meso?

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unintended consequence: new hybrid society emerge,

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St jš bd bj 5500 4000 š

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Specializiranečrede

80% 5%

3%

Starejše obdobje: 5500-4000 p.n.š.

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7500 cal BP

Podmol

from Turk et al. 1993

Life history of a

cave: unfolding of 

the relations with

humans and non

humans

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ash - burnt animal dung

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