Abstract
This paper aims to shift debate in the study of archaeological art away from epistemological questions of definition towards ontological approaches. To this aim, the paper proposes a non-representational study of archaeological art based on the twin concepts of affect and agential intra-action. As an example of this approach, the paper examines the carved stone balls of Neolithic Scotland. The analysis of carved stone balls focuses on their making and on their inter-regional circulation and exchange as a way of approaching the affective character of these artefacts. The paper finishes with a detailed consideration of the concepts of affect and intra-action and advocates their use in the archaeology of art.
Highlights
This paper aims to shift debate in the study of archaeological art away from epistemological questions of definition towards ontological approaches
This paper examines an unusual group of artefacts from Neolithic Britain: the carved stone balls of Scotland
One of the key outcomes of an experimental workshop at Winchester School of Art focused on making carved stone balls, run by the author with Ian Dawson and Louisa Minkin, was the realisation that the manufacture of these objects involved a series of actions including hammering, polishing, pecking and fine working by incision (Jones 2016)
Summary
This paper aims to shift debate in the study of archaeological art away from epistemological questions of definition towards ontological approaches. An Archaeology of Affect: Art, Ontology and the Carved Stone Balls...
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