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This paper will relate archaeological data together with known settlements, in order to present a... more This paper will relate archaeological data together with known settlements, in order to present a model for the development of settlements during the Bronze Age in the Shkodra Region. The paper attempts to cover the whole of Shkodra Region, but inevitably it deals more with some areas than others. The term settlements is used in here in its general sense, as a place where human social relations, permanently transform space in a repeated and archaeologically recognizable way as a result of conscious human activity. Intention, memory and tradition are all inscribed in the physical environment and concentrated in the settlements. The data were generated from archaeological excavations and surface surveys carried out in the Region of Shkodra as part of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH).
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Pottery, as an artifact, is often used as evidence of exchange patterns among groups during prehi... more Pottery, as an artifact, is often used as evidence of exchange patterns among groups during prehistory. This research incorporates paradigmatic classification and petrography to answer questions related to provenience, production mode, and exchange patterns of handmade prehistoric pottery from Gajtan, Zagorë, Kodër Boks, Tumuli 088 and 099 in Shkodër, in Northern Albania. Pottery samples analyzed in this study were collected from test excavations by the Shkodra Archaeological Project (PASH). The results yielded evidence that the area has sufficient local clay sources and other easily accessible natural resources to produce pottery in a domestic mode. Gajtan and Zagorë appeared as two distinct entities, but the former settlement seems to have played a dominant role as a production and distribution center within the region. Results from this study indicate that pots appear to have played an important socioeconomic role in northern Albania, across time and space.
Books by Anisa Mara
Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodres (PASH): Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis, 2023
Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, Editors DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12208577
Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodres (PASH): Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis, 2023
Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, Editors
This paper will relate archaeological data together with known settlements, in order to present a... more This paper will relate archaeological data together with known settlements, in order to present a model for the development of settlements during the Bronze Age in the Shkodra Region. The paper attempts to cover the whole of Shkodra Region, but inevitably it deals more with some areas than others. The term settlements is used in here in its general sense, as a place where human social relations, permanently transform space in a repeated and archaeologically recognizable way as a result of conscious human activity. Intention, memory and tradition are all inscribed in the physical environment and concentrated in the settlements. The data were generated from archaeological excavations and surface surveys carried out in the Region of Shkodra as part of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodrës (PASH).
Pottery, as an artifact, is often used as evidence of exchange patterns among groups during prehi... more Pottery, as an artifact, is often used as evidence of exchange patterns among groups during prehistory. This research incorporates paradigmatic classification and petrography to answer questions related to provenience, production mode, and exchange patterns of handmade prehistoric pottery from Gajtan, Zagorë, Kodër Boks, Tumuli 088 and 099 in Shkodër, in Northern Albania. Pottery samples analyzed in this study were collected from test excavations by the Shkodra Archaeological Project (PASH). The results yielded evidence that the area has sufficient local clay sources and other easily accessible natural resources to produce pottery in a domestic mode. Gajtan and Zagorë appeared as two distinct entities, but the former settlement seems to have played a dominant role as a production and distribution center within the region. Results from this study indicate that pots appear to have played an important socioeconomic role in northern Albania, across time and space.
Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodres (PASH): Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis, 2023
Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, Editors DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12208577
Archaeological Investigations in a Northern Albanian Province: Results of the Projekti Arkeologjik i Shkodres (PASH): Volume Two: Artifacts and Artifact Analysis, 2023
Michael L. Galaty and Lorenc Bejko, Editors