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1 online resource (xii, 170 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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text file |
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Previously issued in print: 2017. |
| Summary |
This work examines a contemporary pottery tradition in Mesoamerica, but also looks back to the earliest examples of cultural development in this area. By means of ethnographic analogy and ceramic ecology, this study seeks to shed light on a modern indigenous community and on the theory, method and practice of ethnoarchaeology. |
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Specialized. |
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Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter I -- Introduction -- Overview of Pottery Production in Mesoamerica and Other Areas -- Historical Background of Ceramic Studies in Mesoamerica -- Household Production in Ancient Mesoamerica -- Figure 1. Diagram of ceramic ecology, incorporating the ceramic complex, the biological environment, the physical environment, human biology, and culture (after Kolb 1989a: Figure 3). -- Figure 2. Michael Schiffer's flow model for viewing the life-cycle of durable elements in the archaeological record |
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Chapter II -- Ethnoarchaeology: Archaeology as Anthropology -- The Cultural-Historical Approach in Mesoamerican Archaeology -- The Processual Approach and the 'New Archaeology' -- Discussion -- Final Remarks -- Figure 3. The place of ethnoarchaeology in anthropology (after Thompson 1991: Figure 11.1). -- Chapter III -- Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology and Ceramic Ecology in Western Mexico -- Ceramic Ecology in Teponahuasco, Jalisco -- Pottery Production in Teponahuasco -- Climate as a Limiting Factor for Pottery Manufacture -- Implications for Archaeology -- Final Remarks |
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Pottery Production in Huáncito, Michoacán: Ethnoarchaeology and Ceramic Ecology -- Geographic and Cultural Background -- Huáncito, a Community of Potters -- Organization of Ceramic Production -- Processes of Change and Persistence in a Ceramic Tradition -- Archaeological Implications -- Pottery Manufacture and the Use of Domestic Space -- Potting Activities in Spatial Contexts -- Archaeological Correlates -- The Structure of Spatial Organization -- Lessons to be Learned -- Tarascan Pottery-Firing Technology: Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence -- Firing Pots in the Open in Michoacán |
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Archaeological Implications -- Final Remarks -- Figure 4. Teponahuasco is a small peasant community located in the municipality of Cuquío, Jalisco, some 80 km northeast of Guadalajara, the state capital of Jalisco. -- Figure 5. Each pottery-producing household in Teponahuasco has its own kiln, which may be located in the inner courtyard or outside the house. (1) -- Figure 6. Some households produce ollas (cooking pots) and cazuelas (pans), large-size vessels for tesgüino fermentation (traditional corn beer), and other items, such as drainage pipes and flower pots (not shown). |
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Figure 7. Some clay vessels, like the olla or cooking pot, are made using a mold. Here we see a potter using a convex mold to make a pot, while her daughter watches and learns. -- Figure 8. Making a pan or cazuela requires a stone tool to make a flat clay cake (a). -- The clay cake is then placed in a mold with the desired shape (b). -- Figure 9. The cántaro, or water jug, is made in two stages: (a) the lower half is shaped using a mold |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Purépecha pottery.
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Purépecha pottery. |
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Ethnoarchaeology -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo.
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Ethnoarchaeology. |
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Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo. |
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Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) -- Antiquities.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. |
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Antiquities. |
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Electronic books.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784916732 |
| ISBN |
1784916749 |
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9781784916749 (electronic book) |
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