Pieces going down, pieces going up and Pompeii’s end: some remarks on the flexible nature of the archaeological record.

Authors

  • Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia. Departamento do Patrimônio Histórico do Município de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1995.109215

Keywords:

Vertical movement - Formation processes - Geoarchaeology - Bioturbation - Refitting - Trampling - Use-wear analysis.

Abstract

The vertical movement of cultural materials is, in varying degrees, an ubiquitous phenomenon at archaeological sites. Even so, archaeologists often view the archaeological record as a stable and rigid entity, taking dangerous assumptions implicitly. In this paper, some cases of vertical movement are shown, its many causes and major consequences discussed and some suggestions on how to deal with the problem are presented.

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Author Biography

  • Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo, Universidade de São Paulo. Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia. Departamento do Patrimônio Histórico do Município de São Paulo
    pós-graduando (douramento) do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

1995-12-18

Issue

No. 5 (1995)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 1995 Astolfo Gomes de Mello Araujo

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How to Cite

ARAUJO, Astolfo Gomes de Mello. Pieces going down, pieces going up and Pompeii’s end: some remarks on the flexible nature of the archaeological record. Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 5, p. 3–25, 1995. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2448-1750.revmae.1995.109215. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revmae/article/view/109215.. Acesso em: 1 jun. 2024.