A patchwork of people, pots and places: Material engagements and the construction of ‘the social’ in Hamwic (Anglo-Saxon Southampton), UK
Ben Jervis
This study investigates how engagements with objects are active in the construction of a ‘social assemblage’, drawing on influences from work ‘symmetrical archaeology’ and Actor-Network Theory. interpretive perspective is explored through case study, investigating pottery consumed Anglo-Saxon Southampton, demonstrating exchange, use deposition were creating patchwork connections which came together to create distinct social assemblage. In particular, article considers multitude ways that people categorized material methodological challenges this presents archaeology as whole.
Journal of Social Archaeology|ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University)