Title Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Michoacán Sierra / Michael J. Shott.

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Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 196 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Foundations of archaeological inquiry
	Foundations of archaeological inquiry.
Summary	"Although most ceramic studies describe vessel production and use, the causes and rates of pottery discard are often neglected in archaeological studies. Michael Shott presents analytical methods for determining pottery use life and demonstrates why use life should not be overlooked. Over a five-year period Shott inventoried the household pottery of about twenty-five homes in five towns in Michoacán, Mexico, recording age and types of use. He also looked at a subsample on a monthly basis over two years to estimate the magnitude of early vessel failure that would go unnoticed in an annual census. His analysis of about 900 vessels clearly shows that context does not explain use life, but vessel size does. Bigger pots last longer. Consulting other ethnoarchaeological sources for comparison and cross-cultural perspectives, Shott shows that his results can be applied to other archaeological data sets for determining numbers of original whole vessels as well as site occupation span."--Provided by publisher.
Contents	The burden of ceramics -- Ceramic assemblages and archaeological inference -- The Michoacán study area -- Data collection -- Data analysis : contextual factors -- Use life and vessel size -- Michoacán data in cross-cultural perspective -- Pottery quantification and the Michoacán discard assemblage.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Indian pottery -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo -- Antiquities.
	Indian pottery.
	Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo.
	Antiquities.
	Ethnoarchaeology -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo.
	Ethnoarchaeology.
	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mexico -- Michoacán de Ocampo.
	Excavations (Archaeology)
	Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico) -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Shott, Michael J. (Michael Joseph). Pottery ethnoarchaeology in the Michoacán Sierra. Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018] 9781607816225 (DLC) 2017060270
ISBN	9781607816232 electronic book
	1607816237 electronic book
	9781607816225
	1607816229

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