Pottery Analysis Second Edition

Author : Prudence M. Rice
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226923222

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Pottery Analysis, Second Edition by Prudence M. Rice Pdf

Just as a single pot starts with a lump of clay, the study of a piece’s history must start with an understanding of its raw materials. This principle is the foundation of Pottery Analysis, the acclaimed sourcebook that has become the indispensable guide for archaeologists and anthropologists worldwide. By grounding current research in the larger history of pottery and drawing together diverse approaches to the study of pottery, it offers a rich, comprehensive view of ceramic inquiry. This new edition fully incorporates more than two decades of growth and diversification in the fields of archaeological and ethnographic study of pottery. It begins with a summary of the origins and history of pottery in different parts of the world, then examines the raw materials of pottery and their physical and chemical properties. It addresses ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological perspectives on pottery production; reviews the methods of studying pottery’s physical, mechanical, thermal, mineralogical, and chemical properties; and discusses how proper analysis of artifacts can reveal insights into their culture of origin. Intended for use in the classroom, the lab, and out in the field, this essential text offers an unparalleled basis for pottery research.

Author : Prudence M. Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : 0226711161

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Pottery Analysis by Prudence M. Rice Pdf

"A comprehensive sourcebook, drawing together diverse approaches to the study of pottery - archaeological, ethnographic, stylistic, functional, and physicochemical. The author uses pottery as a starting point for insights into people and culture and examines in detail the methods for studying these fired clay vessels."--pub. desc.

Author : Clive Orton,Mike Hughes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107008748

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Pottery in Archaeology by Clive Orton,Mike Hughes Pdf

This is an up-to-date account of the different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery.

Author : David W. Richerson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118392300

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The Magic of Ceramics by David W. Richerson Pdf

Most people would be surprised at how ceramics are used, from creating cellular phones, radio, television, and lasers to its role in medicine for cancer treatments and restoring hearing. The Magic of Ceramics introduces the nontechnical reader to the many exciting applications of ceramics, describing how ceramic material functions, while teaching key scientific concepts like atomic structure, color, and the electromagnetic spectrum. With many illustrations from corporations on the ways in which ceramics make advanced products possible, the Second Edition also addresses the newest areas in ceramics, such as nanotechnology.

Author : Alice M. W. Hunt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780199681532

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis by Alice M. W. Hunt Pdf

This volume draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic, one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record. It provides an invaluable resource for archaeologists, anthropologists, and archaeological materials scientists.

Author : Owen S. Rye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039161760

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Pottery Technology by Owen S. Rye Pdf

This book constitutes a good starting place for the would be ceramist or ceramic analyst. Basic data on how to go about making pottery with chapters on the production sequence, materials used and their preparation, forming, and firing. Lots of terminology and illustrations.

Author : Daniel Albero Santacreu
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110427295

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Materiality, Techniques and Society in Pottery Production by Daniel Albero Santacreu Pdf

Daniel Albero Santacreu presents a wide overview of certain aspects of the pottery analysis and summarizes most of the methodological and theoretical information currently applied in archaeology in order to develop wide and deep analysis of ceramic pastes. The book provides an adequate framework for understanding the way pottery production is organised and clarifies the meaning and role of the pottery in archaeological and traditional societies. The goal of this book is to encourage reflection, especially by those researchers who face the analysis of ceramics for the first time, by providing a background for the generation of their own research and to formulate their own questions depending on their concerns and interests. The three-part structure of the book allows readers to move easily from the analysis of the reality and ceramic material culture to the world of the ideas and theories and to develop a dialogue between data and their interpretation. Daniel Albero Santacreu is a Lecturer Assistant in the University of the Balearic Islands, member of the Research Group Arqueo UIB and the Ceramic Petrology Group. He has carried out the analysis of ceramics from several prehistoric societies placed in the Western Mediterranean, as well as the study of handmade pottery from contemporary ethnic groups in Northeast Ghana.

Author : James John Aimers
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813042572

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Ancient Maya Pottery by James John Aimers Pdf

The ancient Maya produced a broad range of ceramics that has attracted concerted scholarly attention for over a century. Pottery sherds--the most abundant artifacts recovered from sites--reveal much about artistic expression, religious ritual, economic systems, cooking traditions, and cultural exchange in Maya society. Today, nearly every Maya archaeologist uses the type-variety classificatory framework for studying sherd collections. This impressive volume brings together many of the archaeologists signally involved in the analysis and interpretation of ancient Maya ceramics and represents new findings and state-of-the-art thinking. The result is a book that serves both as a valuable resource for archaeologists involved in pottery classification, analysis, and interpretation and as an illuminating exploration of ancient Mayan culture.

Author : James M. Skibo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461441991

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Understanding Pottery Function by James M. Skibo Pdf

The 1992 publication of Pottery Function brought together the ethnographic study of the Kalinga and developed a method and theory for how pottery was actually used. Since then, there have been considerable advances in understanding how pottery was actually used, particularly in the area of residue analysis, abrasion, and sooting/carbonization. At the 20th anniversary of the book, it is time to assess what has been done and learned. One of the concerns of those working in pottery analysis is that they are unsure how to “do” use-alteration analysis on their collection. Another common concern is understanding intended pottery function—the connections between technical choices and function. This book is designed to answer these questions using case studies from the author and his colleagues for applying use-alteration analysis to infer actual pottery function. The focus of Understanding Pottery Function is on how practicing archaeologists can infer function from their ceramic collection.

Author : James M. Skibo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489911797

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Pottery Function by James M. Skibo Pdf

There are many ways to study pots or the sherds of pots. In this book James Skibo has focused on the surface wear and tear found on the resin-coated, low-fired cooking pots of the Kalinga people in north western Luzon. This detailed analysis is part of a much larger evalua tion of Kalinga pottery production and use by the staff members and students at the University of Arizona that has been underway since 1972. Here he has analyzed the variants among the possible residual clues on pots that have endured the stresses of having been used for cooking meat and vegetables or rice; standing on supports in the hearth fire; wall scrapings while distributing the food; being transported to the water source for thorough washing and scrubbing; followed by storage until needed again-a repetitive pattern of use. This well-controlled study made use of new pots provided for cooking purposes to one Kalinga household, as well as those pots carefully observed in other households-- 189 pots in all. Such an ethnoarchaeological approach is not unlike follOwing the course of the firing of a kiln-load of pots in other cultures, and then purchasing the entire product of this firing for analysis. Other important aspects of this Kalinga study are the chemical analysis of extracts from the ware to deduce the nature of the food cooked in them, and the experimental study of soot deposited on cooking vessels when they are in use.

Author : W E Worrall
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781483137612

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Ceramic Raw Materials by W E Worrall Pdf

Ceramic Raw Materials, Second Revised Edition points to the consideration that clay is the oldest ceramic raw material. The text outlines that clay can assume different forms in varying conditions and discusses the emergence of other materials that are now being considered as ceramic raw materials. The book presents a discussion on various raw materials other than clay, including silica, natural clays, and silicates such as kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite. The text also presents an analysis of the composition of these materials, putting emphasis on their strengths and how different processes can alter these materials to form other materials. The varying properties of these materials in different stages are also discussed. The selection can serve as a reference to geologists who want to explore further raw materials other than clay, taking into consideration their potential uses. As clay and other related materials are discussed here, this book can also capture the interest of those involved in pottery and other related disciplines.

Author : Jenni Sorkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226303253

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Live Form by Jenni Sorkin Pdf

Ceramics had a far-reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century, as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those for other creative mediums. Live Form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant-garde by looking at the central role of women in the field: potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught male counterparts like John Cage, Peter Voulkos, and Ken Price. Sorkin focuses on three Americans who promoted ceramics as an advanced artistic medium: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained potter and writer; Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, who renounced formalism at Black Mountain College to pursue new performative methods; and Susan Peterson, best known for her live throwing demonstrations on public television. Together, these women pioneered a hands-on teaching style and led educational and therapeutic activities for war veterans, students, the elderly, and many others. Far from being an isolated field, ceramics offered a sense of community and social engagement, which, Sorkin argues, crucially set the stage for later participatory forms of art and feminist collectivism.

Author : Patrick Sean Quinn
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789698091

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Interpreting Silent Artefacts: Petrographic Approaches to Archaeological Ceramics by Patrick Sean Quinn Pdf

This volume presents a range of petrographic case studies as applied to archaeological problems, primarily in the field of pottery analysis, i.e. ceramic petrography.

Author : Valentine Roux
Publisher : Springer
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030039738

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Ceramics and Society by Valentine Roux Pdf

Pottery is the most ubiquitous find in most historical archaeological excavations and serves as the basis for much research in the discipline. But it is not only its frequency that makes it a prime dataset for such research, it is also that pottery embeds many dimensions of the human experience, ranging from the purely technical to the eminently symbolic. The aim of this book is to provide a cutting-edge theoretical and methodological framework, as well as a practical guide, for archaeologists, students and researchers to study ceramic assemblages. As opposed to the conventional typological approach, which focuses on vessel shape and assumed function with the main goal of establishing a chronological sequence, the proposed framework is based on the technological approach. Such an approach utilizes the concept of chaîne opératoire, which is geared to an anthropological interpretation of archaeological objects. The author offers a sound theoretical background accompanied by an original research strategy whose presentation is at the heart of this book. This research strategy is presented in successive chapters that are geared to explain not only how to study archaeological assemblages, but also why the proposed methods are essential for achieving ambitious interpretive goals. In the heated debate on the equation stating that “pots equal people”, which is a rather fuzzy reference to assumed relationships between (mostly) ethnic groups and pottery, technology enables us to propose with conviction the equation “pots equal potters”. In this way, a well-founded history of potters is able to achieve a much better cultural and anthropological understanding of ancient societies.​

Author : John Nicolas Coldstream
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Greece
ISBN : UCSC:32106001496766

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Greek Geometric Pottery by John Nicolas Coldstream Pdf