This pioneering ethnoarchaeological study is of contemporary ceramic production and consumption in several villages in the Los Tuxtlas region of Mexico. While many archaeologists have identified ceramic production zones in the archaeological record, their identifying criteria have often been vague and impressionistic. The present book's contribution is to use ethnographic research to suggest how archaeologists might consistently recognise ceramic manufacturing. It also places ceramic production in larger cultural contexts and provides details of the ecology, production, distribution, use, discard, and site formation processes. Philip Arnold's critical observations on some of the serious weaknesses in archaeological interpretations of ceramic production will interest Mesoamericanists and all other archaeologists grappling with these, and related, issues.
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'Philip Arnold clearly demonstrates how contemporary data can assist scholars in recognizing the archaeological evidence of ceramic manufacture. His work is worthy of emulation.' Man
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This ethnoarchaeological study looks at contemporary household-scale ceramic production in several Mexican communities. Many archaeologists have investigated ceramic production in the archaeological record, but their identifying criteria are often vague and impressionistic. Philip Arnold pinpoints some of the weaknesses of their interpretations and uses ethnographic research to suggest how archaeologists might consistently recognise ceramic manufacturing.
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Most archeologists would agree that craft specialization is an integral component of increasing socioeconomic complexity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vessel use life, discrete refuse areas, waster squares, open firing areas, vessel standardization, misfired sherds, microenvironmental variability, ceramic ecology, producer specialization, assemblage weight, ceramic producers, actualistic research, assemblage size, assemblage frequency, debitage analysis, vessel drying, vessel firing, firing loss, production frequency, household assemblage, ceramic production, restrictive activities, actualistic studies, organizational variability, spatial availability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Isidro, Chuniapan de Abajo, San Andres, San Martin, Middle Classic, New World, Highland Maya, Santiago Tuxtla, Gulf of Mexico, Highland Guatemala, Lake Catemaco, Old World, Rios Macbeth, Santa Marta, Los Mangos, Low High Low, San Juanillo, Santa Rosalia, Sinapa Bajo, Tres Zapotes New!
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Most archeologists would agree that craft specialization is an integral component of increasing socioeconomic complexity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vessel use life, discrete refuse areas, waster squares, open firing areas, vessel standardization, misfired sherds, microenvironmental variability, ceramic ecology, producer specialization, assemblage weight, ceramic producers, actualistic research, assemblage size, assemblage frequency, debitage analysis, vessel drying, vessel firing, firing loss, production frequency, household assemblage, ceramic production, restrictive activities, actualistic studies, organizational variability, spatial availability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Isidro, Chuniapan de Abajo, San Andres, San Martin, Middle Classic, New World, Highland Maya, Santiago Tuxtla, Gulf of Mexico, Highland Guatemala, Lake Catemaco, Old World, Rios Macbeth, Santa Marta, Los Mangos, Low High Low, San Juanillo, Santa Rosalia, Sinapa Bajo, Tres Zapotes New!
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- Decoding Prehistoric Ceramics (Publications in Archaeology) by Ben A. Nelson on 4 pages
- Research in Economic Anthropology by Barry L. Isaac on 4 pages
- Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process (New Studies in Archaeology) by Dean E. Arnold in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Archaeological Method and Theory (Archaeological Method & Theory) by Michael B. Schiffer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Problems in Neolithic Archaeology (New Studies in Archaeology) by Alasdair Whittle in Front Matter
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- The Archaeology of Household Activities by Penelope Allison on page 95
- The Abandonment of Settlements and Regions: Ethnoarchaeological and Archaeological Approaches (New Directions in Archaeology) by Catherine M. Cameron on page 40
- Archaeological Theory: Who Sets the Agenda? (New Directions in Archaeology) by Norman Yoffee on page 101
- Prehispanic Domestic Units in Western Mesoamerica: Studies of the Household, Compound, and Residence by Robert S. Santley on page 16
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