Titel
Clay Tobacco-Pipe Research and Historical Archaeology in Germany, a Difficult Relationship
Abstract
Clay tobacco-pipe studies played an important, yet unacknowledged, role in the formation process of historical archaeology in Germany. Systematic analyses of smoking utensils and the craftsmanship involved in making them were the forerunners of the academic discipline. Clay-pipe studies were never restricted by disciplinary boundaries. Methods and approaches were drawn from ethnology, archaeology, and history, but the field remained purely Eurocentric. However, clay-pipe research has come to a halt. One important reason for this is its high degree of specialization. But, otherwise, historical archaeology is currently on the upswing, despite its unsatisfying engagement with material culture, especially that of the late 18th century onwards. This article illustrates the development and demise of clay-pipe research in Germany in the context of the emergence of historical archaeology as a discipline. It includes elements in common with clay-pipe research in the United States and in Britain, and it also highlights significant differences.
Stichwort
clay tobacco pipeshistorical archaeologyGermanymaterial cultureacademia
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:937433
Erschienen in
Titel
Historical Archaeology
Band
52
Ausgabe
2
Seitenanfang
454
Seitenende
466
Verlag
Springer Nature
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
© The Author(s) 2018

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