| Description |
xviii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
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Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Includes chapters by A.C. Roosevelt on Amazonia; A. Oyuela-Caycedo on San Jacinto I, Colombia; C. Rodríguez on north coastal Colombia; J.E. Damp and L.P. Vargas on Valdivia, Ecuador; R. Cooke on Monagrillo, Panama; J.W. Hoopes on the Central American isthmus; B. Arroyo on El Salvador; and J.E. Clark and D. Gosser on Mesoamerica"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ |
| Contents |
The shape of early pottery studies -- First in the world: the Jomon pottery of early Japan -- Few and far between: early ceramics in North Africa -- The inception of potting in Western Asia and its impact on economy and society -- Pots, potters, and the shaping of Greek Neolithic society -- Starčevo pottery and Neolithic development in the Central Balkans -- Putting the pot before the horse: earliest ceramics and the Neolithic transition in the Western Mediterranean -- The Linear Pottery culture of Central Europe: conservative colonists? -- Pottery production and the introduction of agriculture in southern Scandinavia -- Early pottery in the Amazon: twenty years of scholarly obscurity -- Rock versus clay: the evolution of pottery technology in the case of San Jacinto 1, Colombia -- Sites with early ceramics in the Caribbean littoral of Colombia: a discussion of periodization and typologies -- The many contexts of Early Valdivia ceramics -- Monagrillo, Panama's first pottery: summary of research, with new interpretations -- Interaction in hunting and gathering societies as a context for the emergence of pottery in the Central American isthmus -- Early ceramics from El Salvador: the El Carmen Site -- Reinventing Mesoamerica's first pottery -- The social contradictions of traditional and innovative cooking technologies in the prehistoric American Southeast - Economic intensification and the origins of ceramic containers in the American Southwest -- The emergence of prestige technologies and pottery -- Social strategies and economic change: pottery in context -- Why did they invent pottery anyway? |
| Subject |
Pottery, Prehistoric -- Themes, motives.
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Pottery, Prehistoric -- Themes, motives. |
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Pottery, Prehistoric -- Classification.
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Pottery, Prehistoric -- Classification. |
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Pottery, Prehistoric. |
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Industries, Prehistoric.
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Industries, Prehistoric. |
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Ceramica (arqueologia) |
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Ceramica (tecnica) |
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Arqueologia (teoria e metodos) |
| Indexed Term |
Pottery Archaeology |
| Added Author |
Barnett, William (William K.)
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Hoopes, John W.
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| ISBN |
1560985178 paperback |
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156098516X |
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