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THEATRICS OF TECHNOLOGY

THEATRICS OF TECHNOLOGY. the. consuming obsidian in the early Cycladic burial arena. important changes in eb i and eb ii. necrolithics.

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THEATRICS OF TECHNOLOGY

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  1. THEATRICS OF TECHNOLOGY the consuming obsidian in the early Cycladic burial arena

  2. important changes in eb i and eb ii

  3. necrolithics “an ostentatious form of pressure-flaked blade production from the Early Bronze Age Cyclades... [called] the ‘necrolithic’ because of its role in the islanders’ funerary customs” (88)

  4. production as theatre • Metaphor of theatre, performance and performativity • Technology as (re)production of social norms • Can we engage with the social meanings behind the production?

  5. performing the necrolithic THE EVENT THE STAGE THE ACTOR(S) THE AUDIENCE

  6. obsidian, memory, and community • Obsidian cores and missing blades? • signifiers of event/performance, remembrance/reinforcement • The Burial Arena: roles in the renegotiation of social relationships

  7. questions 1. What information do we have that differentiates funerary obsidian from obsidian used at the domestic level? Does the conceptual frame risk reducing the mundane obsidian technology? 2. When we invoke the theatre-production metaphor for thinking about technology in the past, what are the consequences for interpretation?

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