Amanda Suko | Western University Canada (original) (raw)
I am currently involved in the Arkona Cluster Archaeological Project - a collaborative research on a series of archaeological borderland sites situated in Arkona, Ontario, Canada.
Supervisors: Dr. Neal Ferris (PhD, Western University) and Dr. Christopher Watts (MA, University of Waterloo)
Address: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Canadian Journal of Archaeology , 2017
The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spat... more The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spatially and culturally distinct manifestations known as the Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian Traditions. Recently, the emergence of sites along an interstice between these two manifestations has invited study of the potential for sociomaterial syncretization within such a "borderland" context. Using materiality theory and the communities of practice approach, along with an attribute-based analysis of pottery vessel designs, this paper discusses notions of identity formation and place at Location 3, a thirteenth-century "borderland" site near Arkona, Ontario. It is suggested this site was inhabited by newly configured, residentially mobile communities who perceived ceramic vessel production as a field of co-participation and learning. This, in turn, resulted in the emergence of situated social identities and notions of place, along with the materialization of a short-lived, localized design repertoire composed of combined elements from neighbouring potters.
Canadian Journal of Archaeology , 2017
The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spat... more The archaeological study of Late Woodland communities in southern Ontario has identified two spatially and culturally distinct manifestations known as the Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian Traditions. Recently, the emergence of sites along an interstice between these two manifestations has invited study of the potential for sociomaterial syncretization within such a "borderland" context. Using materiality theory and the communities of practice approach, along with an attribute-based analysis of pottery vessel designs, this paper discusses notions of identity formation and place at Location 3, a thirteenth-century "borderland" site near Arkona, Ontario. It is suggested this site was inhabited by newly configured, residentially mobile communities who perceived ceramic vessel production as a field of co-participation and learning. This, in turn, resulted in the emergence of situated social identities and notions of place, along with the materialization of a short-lived, localized design repertoire composed of combined elements from neighbouring potters.