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- ItemEast meets west in the 6th millennium: Mesolithic osseous tools and art from Sise on the Latvian seaboard(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021-08-25) Zagorska, Ilga; Lõugas, Lembi; Lübke, Harald; Meadows, John; Pettitt, Paul; Macāne, Aija; Bērziņš, ValdisA collection of 141 bone and antler tools and debitage pieces recovered from the River Užava at the village of Sise constitutes the largest Mesolithic osseous assemblage in western Latvia. Radiocarbon dating of 12 pieces suggests that most of this collection dates from the 6th millennium calBC. We present a general analysis, highlighting typical and unique tool forms, ornamented and sculpted pieces, and assess the corpus in a wider geographical context. Predominant in this rich and diverse collection are heavy duty antler tools: various forms of adzes, axes and hammers as well as sleeves, made either from shed antler or antler of hunted animals. They include two pieces classifiable as T-axes. Spear- and arrowheads as well as daggers are also present, Along with chisels, wedges, awls and other tools. Artistic representations include five sculpted and engraved objects. The heavy duty red deer antler tools have parallels in the region south of the Baltic Sea, whereas the bone projectile forms are familiar from Kunda and Narva Culture sites of the East Baltic; the closest similarity is with osseous assemblages from coastal western Ļithuania.
- ItemHeritage-making: Written Texts in the Transmission of Traditional Knowledge of Natural Dyeing(The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology, 2022) Karlsone, AneteNatural dyeing is an element of intangible cultural heritage which is gaining new relevance today. Heritage-making as a set of purposeful activities has become an object of interest for researchers relatively recently, and this study is reflective of that. The paper aims to focus on natural dyeing as a component of cultural heritage, its documentation process, and how written texts have influenced the living tradition of natural dyeing. One of the sources for the study was ethnographic material, which provides insight into the little researched tradition of natural dyeing. To understand how the tradition was described and explained, Latvian press publications on natural dyeing were evaluated by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods. In order to study the situation today, a survey was conducted in 2016 and 2017 among dyeing workshop participants in different parts of Latvia. The results of the study indicate that the use of written sources plays an important role in practicing natural dyeing. With various activities organized by professional and amateur ethnographers, artists, handicraft teachers, etc., as well as its coverage in the press, natural dyeing has preserved its relevance. Written texts have documented the activities in the field of natural dyeing and encouraged further development of the tradition. Moreover, various sources have been used to preserve and develop dyeing skills, through both direct observation/ oral tradition and written/visual materials. In addition, one’s personal experience as a significant part of the construction of identity was relevant in the past and still is today
- ItemLatvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls. 2013, Nr. 4 (89)(Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds, 2013)
- ItemLatvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls. 2013, Nr. 3 (88)(Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds, 2013)
- ItemLatvijas Vēstures Institūta Žurnāls. 2013, Nr. 2 (87)(Latvijas vēstures institūta apgāds, 2013)