Interpreting Silent Artefacts.

• Author: Quinn, Patrick Sean.
• TeilnehmendeR: Quinn, Patrick S.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2010.; ©2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- HENRY CLIFTON SORBY (1826-1908) &amp -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIN SECTION PETROGRAPHY IN SHEFFIELD -- Noel Worley -- THE PROVENANCE POTENTIAL OF IGNEOUS GLACIAL ERRATICS IN ANGLO-SAXON CERAMICS FROM NORTHERN ENGLAND -- Rob Ixer -- Alan Vince -- TECHNOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO BELL-BEAKERS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MONDEGO PLATEAU, PORTUGAL -- Ana Jorge -- INDIGENOUS TABLEWARE PRODUCTION DURING THE ARCHAIC PERIOD IN WESTERN SICILY: NEW RESULTS FROMPETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS -- Giuseppe Montana -- Anna Maria Polito -- Ioannis Iliopoulos -- PETROGRAPHIC &amp -- MICROSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF MORTAR-BASED BUILDING MATERIALS FROMTHE TEMPLE OF VENUS, POMPEII -- Rebecca Piovesan -- Emmanuele Curti -- Celestino Grifa -- Lara Maritan -- Claudio Mazzoli -- PROVENANCE &amp -- PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF EARLY BRONZE AGE POTTERY FROM A LAKE-DWELLING SETTLEMENT ATARQUÀ PETRARCA, PADOVA, ITALY -- Lara Maritan -- Claudio Mazzoli -- Marta Tenconi -- Giovanni Leonardi -- Stefano Boaro -- CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY &amp -- SOCIAL PROCESS INLATE NEOLITHIC HUNGARY -- Attila Kreiter -- György Szakmány -- Miklós Kázmér -- EARLY POTTERY TECHNOLOGY &amp -- THE FORMATION OF ATECHNOLOGICAL TRADITION: THE CASE OF THEOPETRA CAVE,THESSALY, GREECE -- Areti Pentedeka -- Anastasia Dimoula -- FINE-GRAINED MIDDLE BRONZE AGE POLYCHROME WARE FROM CRETE: COMBINING PETROGRAPHIC &amp -- MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS -- Edward W. Faber -- Peter M. Day -- Vassilis Kilikoglou -- POTTERY TECHNOLOGY &amp -- REGIONAL EXCHANGE IN EARLY IRON AGE CRETE -- Marie-Claude Boileau -- Anna Lucia D'Agata -- James Whitley -- THE MOVEMENT OF MIDDLE BRONZE AGE TRANSPORT JARSA PROVENANCE STUDY BASED ON PETROGRAPHIC AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CANAANITE JARS FROM MEMPHIS, EGYPT -- Mary Ownby -- Janine Bourriau.

PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF EB III CERAMICS FROM TALL AL-'UMAYRI, JORDAN: A RE-EVALUATION OF LEVELS OF PRODUCTION -- Stanley Klassen -- COMPARISON OF VOLCANICLASTIC-TEMPERED INCA IMPERIAL CERAMICS FROM PARIA, BOLIVIA WITH POTENTIAL SOURCES -- Veronika Szilágyi -- György Szakmány -- MULTI-VILLAGE SPECIALIZED CRAFT PRODUCTION &amp -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOKOHAM SEDENTARY PERIOD POTTERY, TUSCON, ARIZONA -- James M. Heidke -- A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THE VERDE CONFEDERACY MODEL: TESTING EXPECTATIONS OF POTTERY EXCHANGE IN THE CENTRAL ARIZONA HIGHLANDS -- Sophia E. Kelly -- David R. Abbott -- Gordon Moore -- Christopher Watkins -- Caitlin Wichlacz -- CERAMIC PETROGRAPHY &amp -- THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HUNTER-GATHERER CRAFT TECHNOLOGY IN LATE PREHISTORIC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- Patrick Quinn -- Margie Burton -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.