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MAIASP. 2021. No. 13 V.B. Pankowski ( The
Archaeosphere of Earth (An Archaeological Conception of Archaeosphere) DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.71.26.019 Access this
article (PDF File) Pages: 666—685 |
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A specialized vision of a “sphere of the archaic”
is proposed. Extraterrestrial archaeosphere,
humanly modified ground, fossil reality, archaeological record, and totality
of archaeological objects are among the concepts that have contributed to the
newer construct. The archaeosphere’s form, nature,
essence, and function are revealed by analyzing its components in terms of
formation processes as well as in view of the mutuality continuum amongst
archaeological universals. The model treats this global system as a coherent
universalized hierarchy of double-natured entities which are subject to
deposition and recovery, an extensive systemic imprint of behavioral and
non-behavioral conversion of the variety of phenomena of culture-to-nature
synergy. Further discussion is expected, with the archaeosphere
amidst Earth systems, its structure and periodization
under special vigilance. What the archaeological megadiscipline
regularly does is creating an archaeospheric
conception of reality. |
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Key words: Earth, archaeosphere, cultural genesis, archaeogenesis, universals, archaeology, archaeohistory. |
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Received
December 11, 2021 Accepted
for publication December 28, 2021 |
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About the author: Pankowski Valentin Borisovich ( E-mail: vpns@ukr.net |