NDLI: Network Analysis and Entanglement

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Author	Hodder, Ian Mol, Angus
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	This article explores the extent to which formal network analysis can be used to study aspects of entanglement, the latter referring to the collective sets of dependencies between humans and things. The data used were derived from the Neolithic sites of Boncuklu and Çatalhöyük in central Turkey. The first part of the analysis involves using formal network methods to chart the changing interactions between humans and things at these sites through time. The values of betweenness and centrality vary through time in ways that illuminate the known transformations at the site as, for example, domestic cattle are introduced. The ego networks for houses across four time periods at the two sites are also patterned in ways that contribute to an understanding of social and economic trends. In a second set of analyses, formal network methods are applied to intersecting operational chains, or chainworks. Finally, the dependencies between humans and things are evaluated by exploring the costs and benefits of particular material choices relative to larger entanglements. In conclusion, it is argued that three types of entanglement can be represented and explored using methods taken from the network sciences. The first type concerns the large number of relations that surround any particular human or thing. The second concerns the ways in which entanglements are organized. The third type of entanglement concerns the dialectic between dependence (potential through reliance) and dependency (constraint through reliance).
Starting Page	1066
Ending Page	1094
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10725369
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Volume Number	23
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15737764
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-08-26
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Network analysis Entanglement Neolithic Operational chains Çatalhöyük Archaeology Anthropology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities)

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