Remembering things seen: Experimental approaches to the process of information transmittal

2024-12-27 Classification：Archaeology Click()
Author：Washburn, DK

Article Title：Remembering things seen: Experimental approaches to the process of information transmittal

Abstract：
The persistent problem of determining the factors that lead to continuity or variation when information is transmitted in different kinds of cultural situations is addressed here experimentally in a series of reproduction tasks. Art students were given varying degrees of exposure to different kinds of images and objects from different cultures and were asked to make reproductions. The results indicate that the most important factors leading to accurate reproductions are length of exposure, meaningful associations, and especially cultural knowledge. These factors can be used to develop more realistic archaeological models that posit the kinds of information transmitted in different kinds of contact situations.

Keywords: information transmittal; art reproduction; experimental archaeology; cultural knowledge

DOI: 10.1023/A:1009573932096

Source：JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY

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