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Understanding Pottery Function (Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique) 2013th Edition

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  • Series: Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique (Book 1)
  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; 2013 edition (August 15, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1461441986
  • ISBN-13: 978-1461441984
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnderstanding Pottery Function (2013) and Pottery Function (1992)
By Dr. Charles C. Kolb on November 27, 2012
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Understanding Pottery Function, James M. Skibo, Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique, 2013. ix + 192 pp., 60 illustrations, 10 in color. ISBN 978-1-4614-4198-4, $99.00 (hardcover). Jim Skibo is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University, Normal IL, USA and is the author of more than a half dozen books on ethnoarchaeology and ceramics. The current volume builds on the research presented in Pottery Function: A Use-alteration Perspective (New York: Plenum Press, 1992, xv +, 205 pp., 65 monochrome figures, 8 tables). A brief review of that seminal publication (8 chapters and 3 appendices) provides context for the current volume which is, in spite of its title, quite a different treatise on pottery function. The 1992 volume, a revision of his dissertation at the University of Arizona was, of course, influenced by his committee: Michael B. Schiffer and William A. Longacre (co-chairs), Carol Kramer, and David Kingery, but also by Frederick R. Matson (Penn State) who wrote The "Foreword" to the Plenum Press volume. Following the "Introduction" (pp. 1-8) in which Skibo discusses Matson's (1965) approach termed "ceramic ecology," he discusses in turn "Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology Defined," "Pottery Use-Alteration," "The Pottery Use-Alteration Study" (the Kalinga of the Philippines), "Absorbed Residues," "Use-Alteration: Surface Attrition," and "Use-Alteration: Carbon Deposition" prior to a "Conclusion," a single-set of "References" (pp. 187-201, n = 262), and an "Index." Appendix B is on "Fatty Acid Identification," coauthored with Jeffrey Clark. This 1992 publication applied ethnoarchaeological data collected among the Kalinga (Longacre's "Kalinga Ethnoarchaeology Project" 1987 ff.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsPriceless read for ceramic researchers
By Archaeo-Fiero 'The Delorean' S. on April 29, 2014
Format: Paperback
I consider this to be an indispensable resource for ceramic analysis, along with:
Rice's Pottery Analysis
Rye's Pottery Technology
and everything Skibo: Pottery Function, A Use-Alteration Perspective; Pottery and People, Kalinga Ethnoarchaeology, etc
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