Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology
Ethnoarchaeology, the study of material culture in a living society by archaeologists, facilitates the extraction of information from prehistoric materials as well. Studies of contemporary pottery-making were initiated in the southwestern United States toward the end of the nineteenth century, then...
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| description | Ethnoarchaeology, the study of material culture in a living society by archaeologists, facilitates the extraction of information from prehistoric materials as well. Studies of contemporary pottery-making were initiated in the southwestern United States toward the end of the nineteenth century, then abandoned as a result of changes in archaeological theory. Now a resurgence in ethnoarchaeology over the past twenty-five years offers a new set of directions for the discipline. This volume presents the results of such work with pottery, a class of materials that occurs abundantly in many archaeological sites. Drawing on projects undertaken around the world, in the Phillipines, East Africa, Mesoamerica, India, in both traditional and complex societies, the contributors focus on identifying social and behavioral sources of ceramic variation to show how analogical reasoning is fundamental to archaeological interpretation. As the number of pottery-making societies declines, opportunities for such research must be seized. By bringing together a variety of ceramic ethnoarchaeological analyses, this volume offers the profession a much-needed touchstone on method and theory for the study of pottery-making among living peoples. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1432052024-08-27T04:10:44Z Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology Longacre, William A. ethnoarcheology archeology material culture prehistoric materials pottery-making southwestern united states 19th century archaeology southwestern pottery ceramics sources of ceramic variation archeological interpretation pottery-making societies anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology Ethnoarchaeology, the study of material culture in a living society by archaeologists, facilitates the extraction of information from prehistoric materials as well. Studies of contemporary pottery-making were initiated in the southwestern United States toward the end of the nineteenth century, then abandoned as a result of changes in archaeological theory. Now a resurgence in ethnoarchaeology over the past twenty-five years offers a new set of directions for the discipline. This volume presents the results of such work with pottery, a class of materials that occurs abundantly in many archaeological sites. Drawing on projects undertaken around the world, in the Phillipines, East Africa, Mesoamerica, India, in both traditional and complex societies, the contributors focus on identifying social and behavioral sources of ceramic variation to show how analogical reasoning is fundamental to archaeological interpretation. As the number of pottery-making societies declines, opportunities for such research must be seized. By bringing together a variety of ceramic ethnoarchaeological analyses, this volume offers the profession a much-needed touchstone on method and theory for the study of pottery-making among living peoples. 2024-08-27T04:10:43Z 2024-08-27T04:10:43Z 2024-08-15T11:39:38Z 1991 book ONIX_20240815_9780816548774_36 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92796 9780816548774 9780816511983 9780816534791 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/143205 eng Century Collection open access image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92796/1/9780816548774.epub University of Arizona Press University of Arizona Press fe2167e9-9179-40da-be48-8146f68f8f24 9780816548774 9780816511983 9780816534791 University of Arizona Press 318 open access |
| spellingShingle | ethnoarcheology archeology material culture prehistoric materials pottery-making southwestern united states 19th century archaeology southwestern pottery ceramics sources of ceramic variation archeological interpretation pottery-making societies anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title | Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title_full | Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title_fullStr | Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title_short | Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology |
| title_sort | ceramic ethnoarchaeology |
| topic | ethnoarcheology archeology material culture prehistoric materials pottery-making southwestern united states 19th century archaeology southwestern pottery ceramics sources of ceramic variation archeological interpretation pottery-making societies anthropology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology |
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