Feats of Clay: Considering the Materiality of Late Bronze Age Cyprus

Louise Steel
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Louise Steel: Y Athrofa: Humanities and Education, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, Ceredigion SA48 7ED, UK

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-10

Abstract: This paper examines the materiality of the Cypriot Base Ring ware through the lens of the new materialisms. Specifically, it draws upon Bennett’s vibrant matter and thing-power, to explore how cultural and technological knowledges of Late Bronze Age Cyprus were informed through material engagements with clay. This approach highlights the agency of matter and illustrates how the distinct capacities of clay ( working with water and fire) provoked, enabled and constrained potters’ behaviour, resulting in a distinctive pottery style that was central to the Late Cypriot social and material world. The aim is to demonstrate how people, materials and objects are all matter in relationship, drawing attention to the fluidity, porosity and relationality of the material world.

Keywords: Cyprus; Late Bronze Age; Ring Base; new materialisms; thing-power; clay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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