De toutes les questions qui agitèrent et agiteront encore pour longtemps le champ de la recherche en art rupestre, la plus fondamentale est sans doute celle de son sens ou, plus exactement, de la production de son sens. Comment, d’une manière générale, rendre compte de l’existence d’images rupestres sur les parois de certaines grottes d’Europe occidentale, mais aussi comment produire du sens quant aux conditions ayant prévalu à leur formation ? Partant des débats soulevés depuis près d’un siècle en archéologie préhistorique par l’usage de comptes-rendus ethnographiques afin d’interpréter l’art pariétal paléolithique européen, la thèse présentée ici ouvre sur une réflexion plus large quant à la nature des objets et des expériences qui sont employés en archéologie afin de rendre compte des événements du passé. Elle questionne ainsi : (a) la nature des comptes-rendus ethnographiques disponibles, dont un inventaire de 795 cas est présenté. Elle aborde aussi (b) les modes de construction des données archéologiques au travers de l’exemple des grottes ornées paléolithiques de la région Gard-Ardèche-Hérault. Elle interroge enfin (c) la place de la subjectivité dans le processus de création de connaissances sur le passé. A chaque fois, la nécessité d’un retour à l’individu est soulignée, que ce soit l’individu en tant que cas ethnographique (fruit d’une rencontre entre deux personnes), l’individu archéologique (l’entité rupestre) ou encore l’individu-chercheur en tant que sujet. Au travers d’une discussion quant au rapport au temps, à la notion de phénomène ou encore à l’altérité, cette thèse s’attache ainsi à analyser les implications d’une expression sur le passé et la création. / Among all the questions that have arisen in the field of rock art research, the most fundamental is probably the question of meaning, or more exactly the question of producing meaning. How to account for the existence of rock art on the walls of some caves of Western Europe, but also how to create meaning about the conditions in which those images were produced? Taking as a starting point the debates that have been going on for almost a century in prehistoric archaeology about the uses (and abuses) of ethnographic accounts to interpret European Palaeolithic cave art, this thesis opens up on a broader reflection on the nature of objects and experiences that are used in archaeology to account for past events. Thus, it questions (a) the nature of ethnographic data available, through a database of 795 ethnographic accounts linked with the production, the refection or the use of rock images worldwide. It also addresses (b) the ways of constructing archaeological data through the example of the palaeolithic rock art caves in the Gard-Ardèche-Hérault region (South-eastern France). Finally, it discusses (c) the role played by subjectivity in the process of creating knowledge about the past. Each time, the need for a return to the individual cases is emphasized: at an ethnographic level, the individuals consisting of first hand records resulting from the meeting between two different persons; at an archaeological level, single rock art images; and at a scientific level, the researcher himself. Through a discussion of the notions of time, phenomenon and alterity (otherness), this thesis attempts to analyze the implications of any expression dealing with the past and creation.

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Archaeologists rely heavily on pottery data to make inferences about the past. Although a critical component of such inferences is knowing how the pots were used, archaeologists at present cannot reconstruct accurately pottery function. This research provides the means whereby actual pottery use can be determined from traces that remain on pots. The study focuses on an analysis of nearly 200 vessels collected in the Kalinga village of Guina-ang. Traces, in the form of organic residues, attrition, and carbon deposits, are linked to pottery use activities observed in Kalinga households. The analysis of organic residue focuses on fatty acids absorbed into the vessel wall; samples are taken from Kalinga cooking pots and several types of food. It is found that rice cooking pots can be discriminated from vegetable/meat cooking pots, though individual plant species cannot be distinguished in the latter. In several cases, however, there is conclusive evidence for meat cooking. An analysis of Kalinga "archaeological" sherds was also performed to look at fatty acid preservation. A pottery attrition analysis, similar to the study of lithic use-wear, is also performed on Kalinga pottery. The objective is to understand the general principles in the formation of an attritional trace. Nine areas on Kalinga cooking vessels are found to have attritional patches. The two forms of Kalinga cooking vessels could be discriminated based on attrition. Carbon deposits reflect what was cooked, how it was heated, and some general activities of cooking. Interior carbon deposits result from the charring of food and is governed by the source of heat, intensity of heat, and the presence of moisture. The processes that govern the different types of exterior soot are difficult to identify and several experiments are performed. It is found that soot deposition is controlled by wood type, temperature of the ceramic surface, and the presence of moisture. This research demonstrates that archaeologists can begin looking at organic residues, attrition and carbon deposits to infer how their vessels were used in the past.

Les artisans-paysans forestiers et les pasteurs constituent toute une frange de la population des campagnes médiévales qui se caractérise et se différencie de ses contemporains par son mode de vie itinérant et son implantation temporaire dans l'inculte. Marginalisée dans l'imaginaire collectif médiéval, elle est oubliée par l'historiographie, à cause de la dispersion et la fugacité des traces qu'elle laisse dans la documentation écrite et archéologique. Ce mode de vie itinérant découle de la pratique d'une activité fondée sur l'exploitation de ressources végétales ou animales, le plus souvent saisonnières, dont la répartition spatiale est, par définition, hors de l'espace cultivé, en marge des terroirs villageois. La mobilité des usagers de l'inculte revêt différentes formes et engendre par conséquent l'adoption de différentes stratégies résidentielles en fonction des activités : du simple mouvement pendulaire résidence-lieu de production jusqu'à l'implantation temporaire sur le lieu de production, au plus proche des ressources pour la durée de la saison d'exploitation. La construction d'habitat temporaire est le fruit de la conjugaison de contraintes techniques (chaîne opératoire technique, temps opératoire, surveillance des processus...), écologiques, temporelles, spatiales, et enfin réglementaires. / Woodlands craftsmen and shepherds make up a whole section of medieval rural population which is characterized and differentiated from its contemporaries by their itinerant lifestyle and their temporary settlement in the incultum. They are marginalized by medieval collective imagination and they have been forgotten by the historians, because their traces in written and archaeological sources are too scattered. Their mobility and their residential strategies depend on the exploitation of available seasonal resources, be it vegetal or animal. These seasonal resources are naturally found away from the areas already cultivated by local village people. This itinerant lifestyle takes on different forms, and results in different strategies from a pendular motion home-workplace to temporary establishment near to the raw materials during the season of exploitation. A temporary stay is determined by technical constraints (technical process and operational time), and also by environmental, time and law factors. Technology, time and space are connected, so it's necessary to study the « temporary dwelling » system as a whole from technical processes to social life, via the temporary encampments, which are the materialization of the way of life; this through a historical, archaeological and ethnoarchaeological cross-study

Este estudo realiza uma articulação entre o registro arqueológico das ditas 'tradições ceramistas planálticas' do sul do Brasil (Taquara, Itararé e Casa de Pedra), as quais considero Proto-Jê meridionais, e os registros etnográfico, etno-histórico e lingüístico das sociedades Jê meridionais (Kaingang e Xokleng), para tornar possível uma mais profunda e sofisticada compreensão destas populações Proto-Jê do sul. O registro arqueológico deixado por estes grupos foi analisado do ponto de vista de sua dimensão simbólica, principalmente quando ele podia ser identificado como parte de um sistema de representações visuais (grafismos). Assim, foi empreendida uma etnoarqueologia dos grafismos Kaingang, articulando-se os registros arqueológico, etnográfico, etno-histórico e lingüístico a partir de uma abordagem cognitiva, que privilegia e interpreta a produção de significados pelas populações Proto-Jê meridionais, principalmente suas representações sobre a vida em sociedade, sobre os domínios da natureza, da sobrenatureza, e sobre a morte, tendo como base estudos etnológicos a respeito da sociedade Kaingang. / This study establishes a relation between archaeological record of the so called 'local ceramic traditions' of the south of Brazil (Taquara, Itararé and Casa de Pedra), which I consider as southern Proto-Jê, and ethnographical, ethnohistorical, and linguistic records of southern Jê societies (Kaingang and Xokleng) aiming at a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of those southern Proto-Jê populations. Archaeological record left by those groups were analysed from the standpoint of their symbolic dimension mainly when it could be identified as part of a system of visual representations (graphic representations). Thus, an ethnoarchaeology of Kaingang graphic representations was undertaken in which the archaeological, ethnographical, ethnohistorical and linguistic records were related by mean of a cognitive approach which favours and interprets the production of meanings by southern Proto-Jê populations, especially their representations about social life, about natural and supernatural domains, and about death, based on ethnological studies of Kaingang society.

Esta dissertação apresenta o estudo arqueológico e etnoarqueológico dos conjuntos cerâmicos provenientes de sítios arqueológicos históricos - Tacaimbó 1 e Tacaimbó 2 - e dos conjuntos cerâmicos etnográficos produzidos em comunidades locais, ambos do Agreste Central Pernambucano. Adotando uma abordagem etnoarqueológica para a análise de sítios arqueológicos históricos, através de perspectivas descolonizadas e multivocais, discutimos o papel do arqueólogo na valorização dos conhecimentos tradicionais. Esta valorização é fundamental para a construção das identidades locais e para a elaboração de narrativas históricas alternativas que incluam estas populações historicamente marginalizadas. Concluindo, a partir da análise tecnológica dos conjuntos cerâmicos arqueológicos e etnográficos elaboramos uma matriz de correlatos para artefatos cerâmicos de produção local/regional, contribuindo para a caracterização dos mesmos e para as discussões arqueológicas sobre variabilidade artefatual. / This dissertation is resulted from an archaeological and ethnoarchaeological research study of pottery sets from historical archaeological sites - Tacaimbó 1 and Tacaimbó 2 - and of ethnographic pottery sets produced on local communities, both from Agreste Central region (Pernambuco state, Brazilian Northeast). Using an ethnoarchaeological approach for the historical archaeological sites analysis, and the decolonized and multivocal perspectives, the role of the archaeologist on traditional knowledge valuation was discussed. This valuation is a fundamental aspect for the local identities construction and formulation of an alternative historical narrative, which include these historically marginalized populations. In conclusion, from the technological analysis of archaeological and ethnographic pottery sets, a matrix of correlates for local and regional production of pottery artifacts was proposed, contributing to its characterization and for the archaeological discussions of artefactual variability

Baseado nas pesquisas arqueológicas e etnoarqueológicas em curso na Terra Indígena Lalima, formada por índios Guaikuru, Terena, Kinikinao e Laiana, em Miranda/MS, no Pantanal, esta tese proporciona outra perspectiva histórica e cultural sobre os registros arqueológicos formados majoritariamente por fragmentos de vasilhas cerâmicas classificados na Fase Jacadigo da Tradição Pantanal. Inicialmente, a Fase Jacadigo foi associada aos indígenas Mbaya-Guaikuru, categorizados como pastores, que se estabeleceram territorialmente na região de Corumbá/MS no período colonial. Sem embargo, as investigações arqueológicas em Lalima - pautadas por atividades de levantamento arqueológico, coleta de materiais em superfície e subsuperfície, datações arqueológicas, análises dos materiais, principalmente cerâmicos, e informações etnográficas de caráter etno-histórico - indicam que a Fase Jacadigo pode estar associada a trajetórias históricas de formação territorial entre os períodos pré-histórico e colonial, por povos indígenas portadores de subsistência mista, conhecedores de técnicas de cultivo, e, porventura, originados, assim como a configuração etnográfica atual, através da interação cultural entre populações chaquenhas e Arawak. / Based on archaeological and ethnoarchaeological ongoing research in Lalima Indigenous Land, formed by Guaikuru, Terena, Kinikinao and Laiana Indians, in Miranda/MS, Pantanal, this thesis provides another historical and cultural perspective on the archaeological record formed mainly by potsherds ranked in Jacadigo Phase of the Pantanal Tradition. Initially, the Jacadigo Phase was associated with Mbaya-Guaikuru Indians, categorized as pastors, who territorially settled in the region of Corumbá/MS in the colonial period. Nevertheless, the archaeological investigations in Lalima - guided by the archaeological survey activities, collection of materials in surface and subsurface, radiocarbon dating, analyzes of materials, mainly potsherds, and ethnographic information of ethno-historical character - indicate that Jacadigo Phase may be associated with historical trajectories of territorial formation between prehistoric and colonial periods, by indigenous peoples who carried mixed subsistence, knowledgeable cultivation techniques, and perhaps originated, as well as the current ethnographic setting, through cultural interaction between Chacoan and Arawak populations.

This thesis focuses on the possible functions of three stone structures associated with the Manteno culture (500-1532 A.D.) of coastal Ecuador. The ceramic distributions of each structure were compared (C4-044-1, C4-096-2 and C4-097-2) and the diagnostic sherds were analyzed by form according to Mester's and Rowe's ceramic classifications (Mester 1990; Rowe 2005). The statistics suggest that each of the structures served different functions. C4-044-1 likely domestic, C4-096-2 probably functioned as a kitchen and C4-097-2 was a storage area. A χ2 test suggests that the ceramic forms from C4-044-1 differ significantly from those recovered from C4-096-2. Diversity indices indicate that C4-044-1 has the highest diversity of vessel forms and that its diversity differs significantly from the other structures. The correspondence analysis reinforces these results, with the high segregation of the lots and vessel forms . / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

A partir de uma perspectiva etnoarqueológica esta dissertação apresenta um conjunto de dados históricos, etnográficos e arqueológicos com o objetivo de contribuir para a construção da história indígena do baixo curso do rio Teles Pires, compreendendo a atual Terra Indígena Kaiabi, localizada nos municípios de Jacareacanga (PA) e Apiacas (MT). Os resultados apresentados demonstram que esta Terra Indígena configura-se como um exemplo de palimpsesto da trajetória de ocupação indígena e não-indígena desta região. A ocupação pré-colonial é atestada a partir dos vestígios arqueológicos (cerâmicos e líticos) em trinta e quatro locais visitados, dentre os quais, pelo menos vinte e cinco estão associados ao contexto das terras pretas na Amazônia. Os Kaiabi, que - historicamente habitavam o Vale do Médio Teles Pires no Mato Grosso - ao serem pressionados pelos processos de colonização do Brasil Central, se deslocam e passam a ocupar o baixo Teles Pires, no início do século XX. A ocupação Kaiabi se deu de forma a priorizar as áreas já manejadas no passado. Os dados apresentados procuram evidenciar os processos de ocupação, reocupação e abandono empreendidos pelos Kaiabi ao longo da história de formação de um território que hoje reivindicam como deles. / Beginning from an ethnoarchaeological perspective this thesis presents historical, ethnographic, and archaeological data that contributes to the construction of an indigenous history of the Kaiabi. The region studied is the lower course of the Teles Pires River that covers the actual Kaiabi Indigenous Territory, located within the Jacareacanga and Apiacás counties in Pará and Mato Grosso states, respectively. The results demonstrate that this Indigenous Territory configures itself as a case of the palimpsest of the trajectories of indigenous and non-indigenous occupations of this region. The pre-Colonial occupation is evidenced to by the archaeological remains (ceramics and lithics) at 34 visited sites, within these at least 25 are associated with Amazonian dark earths (terras pretas). The Kaiabi, who historically inhabited the middle Teles Pires river basin in Mato Grosso state, moved and began to occupy the lower portion of the Teles Pires when pressured by colonial processes in central Brazil at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Kaiabi occupation organized itself with priority given to areas that were previously managed. The data presented here show how the processes of occupation, reoccupation, and abandonment practiced by the Kaiabi in the formation of territory historically serve as a marker of continuity in the modern world, thus vindicating their rights.