Cutting the Network, Knotting the Line : a Linaeological Approach to Network Analysis
Network methods have seen a rapid rise in archaeology in recent years. There are still concerns regarding how well formal networks are able to effectively model local interaction. These are often present in the so-called qualitative network approaches—studies that tend to be based on close readings...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-164760 2023-10-09T21:52:53+02:00 Cutting the Network, Knotting the Line : a Linaeological Approach to Network Analysis Palsson, Gisli 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-164760 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-020-09450-1 eng eng Umeå universitet, Miljöarkeologiska laboratoriet Umeå universitet, Humlab Journal of archaeological method and theory, 1072-5369, 2021, 8, s. 178-196 orcid:0000-0003-3545-0522 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-164760 doi:10.1007/s10816-020-09450-1 ISI:000527452100001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85084042304 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Assemblage theory CIDOC-CRM Network analysis Iceland Eighteenth century Historical archaeology History and Archaeology Historia och arkeologi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-020-09450-1 2023-09-22T13:53:39Z Network methods have seen a rapid rise in archaeology in recent years. There are still concerns regarding how well formal networks are able to effectively model local interaction. These are often present in the so-called qualitative network approaches—studies that tend to be based on close readings of relations between entities and the way they form dynamic networks of agents. Such studies have demonstrated the value in scrutinizing the way in which relations might be acted on in practice, and how that might differ from expected results. But rarely do such studies produce network data of the kind analyzed by formal network analytical methods. Formal approaches, on the other hand, blur the specificity of individual relations and trade much of their specificity for the ability to make general statements about relations across large datasets. More generally, the modality of the relation/edge is a crucial way in which formal network analysis differs from other prevalent relational approaches popular in archaeology today, where the substantivity of individual relations is paramount. Such relations are often seen as starting points for subsequent hybridizations that radically alter, if only temporarily, the structure of their respective networks. I argue that a key step in allowing networks to reformulate from initial, data-driven network schemata is the introduction of a more symmetrical agency between the node and the edge. In this article, I discuss how ethnographic sources can be used to achieve this for archaeological survey data. I use assemblage theory as a framework to explore the potential the edge has to offer archaeological network modelling. While assemblage theory is helpful for this purpose, the lack of a computational formality to assemblage theory immediately places it at odds with network science. As a complement, I will also employ the computational ontology CIDOC-CRM to more explicitly articulate the character of links between nodes in archaeological networks. The paper will end by suggesting a ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 28 1 178 196 |
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Network methods have seen a rapid rise in archaeology in recent years. There are still concerns regarding how well formal networks are able to effectively model local interaction. These are often present in the so-called qualitative network approaches—studies that tend to be based on close readings of relations between entities and the way they form dynamic networks of agents. Such studies have demonstrated the value in scrutinizing the way in which relations might be acted on in practice, and how that might differ from expected results. But rarely do such studies produce network data of the kind analyzed by formal network analytical methods. Formal approaches, on the other hand, blur the specificity of individual relations and trade much of their specificity for the ability to make general statements about relations across large datasets. More generally, the modality of the relation/edge is a crucial way in which formal network analysis differs from other prevalent relational approaches popular in archaeology today, where the substantivity of individual relations is paramount. Such relations are often seen as starting points for subsequent hybridizations that radically alter, if only temporarily, the structure of their respective networks. I argue that a key step in allowing networks to reformulate from initial, data-driven network schemata is the introduction of a more symmetrical agency between the node and the edge. In this article, I discuss how ethnographic sources can be used to achieve this for archaeological survey data. I use assemblage theory as a framework to explore the potential the edge has to offer archaeological network modelling. While assemblage theory is helpful for this purpose, the lack of a computational formality to assemblage theory immediately places it at odds with network science. As a complement, I will also employ the computational ontology CIDOC-CRM to more explicitly articulate the character of links between nodes in archaeological networks. The paper will end by suggesting a ... |
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