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Author Deal, Michael, 1952-

Title Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Central Maya Highlands / Michael Deal.

Publication Info. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Foundations of archaeological inquiry
Foundations of archaeological inquiry.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and index.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Social and Economic Context -- 3. Household as Production Unit -- 4. Household as Consumption Unit -- 5. Household as Depositional Unit -- 6. The Prediction of Household Socioeconomic Conditions -- 7. Maya Pottery Ethnoarchaeology in Retrospect -- App. A. Glossary of Vessel and Nonvessel Forms -- App. B. Classification of Chanal and Aguacatenango Pottery.
Summary Draws upon both archaeological and ethnographic techniques to study prehistoric cultural change, village ethnoarchaeology focuses on a range of archaeological problems at the village or household level-including the important socioeconomic role of specific craft activities. In this context, recent studies of contemporary pottery making-follow trends in ethnoarchaeology involving model building, formation processes, and evaluation and refinement of existing archaeological recovery techniques.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
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Subject Tzeltal pottery.
Tzeltal pottery.
Maya pottery.
Maya pottery.
Ethnoarchaeology -- Mexico -- Chiapas.
Ethnoarchaeology.
Mexico -- Chiapas.
Mayas -- Mexico -- Chiapas -- Antiquities.
Mayas.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Deal, Michael, 1952- Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Central Maya Highlands. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1998 0874805600 (DLC) 98012945 (OCoLC)38504407
ISBN 0585128227 (electronic book)
9780585128221 (electronic book)
0874805600 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780874805604 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0874805619 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780874805611 (paperback ; alkaline paper)