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Lithics as (Re)presented in Archaeology. Keffie Feldman and Brad Sekedat. Perspective/Angle: What is the message? What does it emphasize about the artifact? What assumptions do we make when viewing these images? Why are they depicted in this manner?. Context and Association:
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Lithics as (Re)presented in Archaeology Keffie Feldman and Brad Sekedat
Perspective/Angle: • What is the message? • What does it emphasize about the artifact? • What assumptions do we make when viewing these images? • Why are they depicted in this manner?
Context and Association: • Like with like, or with associated finds
Context and Association: • The impact of categorization on material presentation
Spatial Context and Representation: • Attempting to place the object back in • Its spatial and social context
Process VERSUS Product? • Process AND Product? • What is the author/illustrator • Trying to convey?
The Medium and • The Message: • How do developments • In technology facilitate • Different forms of • Representation? • What information does/can • It privilege (at the expense • Of others types)?
The Medium and • The Message: • What information does/can • It privilege (at the expense • Of others types)?