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Scents and Sensibilities - The Phenomenology of Late Neolithic Iberian Slate Plaque Production - Jonathan T. Thomas
The engraved slate plaques of Late Neolithic (3500–2500 B.C.E.) Ibe-ria are some of the most enigmatic expressions of prehistoric European art,capturing the imagination of the public and archaeologists alike during thepast century. Thousands of these hand-size, perforated plaques have beenfound in Neolithic collective burials, and they are thought to have servedas mnemonic, prestigious, or ritual objects, perhaps for specific individuals.
Large numbers of plaques were initially experimentally replicated to answer questions related to the chaîne opératoire of their production. These experiments, however, also yielded valuable phenomenological information aboutthe sensory — the haptic, olfactory, auditory, visual, and even gustatory — experience of plaque making.
Some of the results of this research allow us to actually identify individual plaque makers in the archaeological record in certain cases and to better understand the emergence of organized craft produc-tion in early complex societies
https://www.academia.edu/1870721/Scents_and_Sensibilities_-_The_Phenomenology_of_Late_Neolithic_Iberian_Slate_Plaque_Production
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