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Skilled Production and Social Reproduction in prehistory and contemporary archaeology
The irony, of course, is that many archaeologists are similarly loath to en
tertain the possibility that psychosocial interactions and esoteric beliefs of
prehistoric technicians directly shaped not only their material practices but
also their social reproduction writ large. I no longer believe this parallel is a
interacting with my colleagues – but mostly from those with whom I disa
greed on substantive issues regarding prehistoric technology. What struck
upon here, was the contentious nature of the aggregation itself and how our
tion breaks.
What this essay explores is the disturbing resemblance I sensed between the
discursive strategies of the dominant few (in controlling the terms of debate)
and how we talked about the role of skill and knowledge in ancient technical
practice. Interestingly, while as a group we never quite got around to dis
cussing the “social reproduction” theme of the conference, we nonetheless
promoted our own social reproduction at every turn. And this is why I believe
Dominant topics – domineering themes
I sketched Figure 1 (“Dominant and Domineering Themes re: “Skilled Pro
strategy to keep me from jumping out a window during some of our more
fractious discussions. As I began to perceive (and wince at) the formation of
antagonistic intellectual camps and the crystallization of distinctly opposite
viewpoints (which drew pleasure from misrepresenting each other), I was
struck by the parallel I was witnessing to larger trends currently pervading
the discipline. But the speed
and troubling to the degree that I felt the need to chronicle the key points of
contention (while fully engaged in debating them). By day #2, I had identi
subsequent discussion hovered:
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