Blogs Posts on "Archaeological Theory"
The History Channel and Decoded by Archaeological Haecceities on Nov 22, 2009Two days ago I got an email from Stephanie Frasco who is working on a project for the History Channel. They are searching for lead investigators to host a tv series documentary on the topic of American symbology/iconography. It is called Decoded.
Emergent subjectivity and defacement of Maya art by Archaeological Haecceities on Nov 17, 2009In case you wonder why I am not posting much now, it is because I am trying to come up with an interesting idea for my next project and the workshop next week. I can tell you right now that it will have to do with defacement of portraits in Maya art...
Commoditization and singularization by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 20, 2009Back in 1997 I finally finished my overworked BA-thesis in archaeology. It discussed Late Formative trade and its importance in the rise of stratified social formations in the Central Maya Lowlands. I particularly focused on the political relations b...
Facing the future by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 16, 2009My research on caves and climate change is soon entering the second half (time wise at least). Where am I going after this? I am taking what may appear to be a radical turn. Instead of focusing on global and regional climate change and macroscale set...
More information on lecture and workshop by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 14, 2009As mentioned in an earlier post, the Mayanist Stephen Houston will give a lecture and be the discussant in a workshop held at Stockholm University. Here is more information (only in Swedish): http://www.archaeology.su.se/pub/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1810&...
An archaeology of water pt 3: seeing with the ears within caves by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 13, 2009In two earlier posts I have outlined an archaeology of water. This is part of the theoretical tools I use in my current research on climate change and cave use. One can extend this discussion to my upcoming research on the senses from a posthumanocen...
2012: “Baktuniarism” – or why I changed my mind regarding cosmology by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 11, 2009One might ask why I am so irritated by the 2012 circus? Is this “end date” not important to the past and present Maya? Well, it had some importance to the ancient Maya, but not more than other so-called period endings that they celebrated every 5...
Aristotelian/Linnaean classification and the Snake kingdom by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 8, 2009I am stepping into a domain of which I am not an expert so take it for what it is. It crossed my mind while writing about the origins of the Kaan/Kan or Snake kingdom how our own Aristotelian/Linnaean classification system affects the way we categori...
Heretic materialism by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 6, 2009As any reader of this blog may see, I have a strong tendency towards materialist approaches. Archaeology should be about materials in the first case. Although there are some interesting archaeological approaches to “materiality”, these ar...
Heretical materialism by Archaeological Haecceities on Oct 6, 2009As any reader of this blog may see, I have a strong tendency towards materialist approaches. Archaeology should be about materials in the first case. Although there are some interesting archaeological approaches to “materiality”, these ar...
