Innovative approaches and explorations in ceramic studies / / edited by Sandra L. López Varela.

• Superior document: Archaeopress archaeology
• TeilnehmendeR: López Varela, Sandra L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeopress archaeology.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 143 pages) :; illustrations, maps.

This book celebrates thirty years of Ceramic Ecology, an international symposium initiated at the 1986 American Anthropological Association. Contributions explore the application of instrumental techniques and experimental studies to analyze ceramics and follow innovative approaches to evaluate methods and theories.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 -- Innovative Approaches and Explorations in Ceramic Studies -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Philip J. Arnold III -- Chapter 1 -- Innovative Approaches and Explorations in Ceramic Studies -- Table 1. Ceramic Ecology I-XXVII. Papers by Area of Studies and Topic presented in between 1986 and 2016 at the American Anthropological Association. (Data by Charles C. Kolb and Sandra L. López Varela) -- Chapter 2 -- What is a Ceramic Assemblage: Chronology and Belongings of the Late Classic Maya -- Sherman Horn III -- Anabel Ford -- Chapter 2 -- What is a Ceramic Assemblage: Chronology and Belongings of the Late Classic Maya -- Figure 1. El Pilar and the Maya Lowlands. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 2. Jars from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955: Figure 47b) -- Figure 3. Bowls from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955: Figure 48a, 48b) -- Figure 4. Plates from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955:51b) -- Figure 5. Belize Red:Belize Red variety vessels from Barton Ramie (Gifford 1976: Figure 162) -- Figure 6. Survey Transects and Settlement in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 7. Basic Vessel Forms in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 8. Common Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 9. Common Bowl Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 10. Common Jar Shapes in the Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 11. Common Plate Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 12. Common Vase Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Table 4. Diagnostic Late Classic Vessel Shapes by Geographic Zones. (Table by Ford) -- Chapter 3 -- Investigating Maya Ceramic Figurines:.

challenges to the use of non-invasive portable technologies in archived collections -- Chapter 3 -- Investigating Maya Ceramic Figurines: -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Figure 1. Map showing location of Jaina, off the coast of Campeche, Mexico, composed by López Varela, based on Google Earth -- Figure 2. On-site analysis of the ceramic figurines at the Centro INAH Campeche: (A) use of a Thermo Scientific Niton® XL3t GOLDD+ handheld XRF spectrometer -- (B) Use of a FieldSpec3® spectrometer from Analytical Spectral Devices Inc. (ASD) [ UCLA-UNAM_Jai -- Figure 3. Bivariate plot of Log10 Ti (ppm) versus Cr/Rb (ppm) showing the separation of groups based on the abundances of trace elements Ti, Cr and Rb [ UCLA-UNAM_Jaina Project 2016] -- Figure 4. Bivariate plot of log10 Zr (ppm) versus Log10 Cr (ppm) showing the separation of groups based on the abundances of trace elements Zr and Cr [ UCLA-UNAM_Jaina Project 2016] -- Figure 5. Figurines depicting elements of power and war: (A) A ruler wearing a fan-shaped headdress depicting two zoomorphic figures (SM 10-342651) -- (B) A ruler holds a war related object and a fan shaped War Serpent headdress (SM 10-339781) -- (C) A maske -- Figure 6. Representation of seated Maya rulers. (A) A male portrayed on his ruling seat, with a very elaborate headdress (HKAN 10-343413) -- (B) A ruler portrayed on a platform, inscribed with hieroglyphs, wearing a tunic and a zoomorphic fan-shaped headdr -- Figure 7. (A) Male figurine wearing a cylinder pixom (HKAN 10-343354) -- (B) Male figurine wearing a complex cloth headdress and a spondylus shell identifying him maybe as a saha (HKAN 10-343415) -- (C) Male figurine wearing a rough application covering the c -- Figure 8. (A) Male wearing a shield and a shell necklace (SM 10-397874).

(B) A male warrior with a complex headdress, commonly, found among warriors at Chichen Itzá (HKAN 10-342655) -- (C) Male wearing a fan and a warrior suit (SM 10-339782). (Photographs, -- Figure 10. (A) Elderly male with a female figurine (SM 10-342814) -- (B) A female figurine with a young adult male (SM 10-343125) -- (C) A female figurine holding a beaded strand (SM 10-522662) -- (D) A female figurine with a double necklace formed by thick b -- Figure 9. (A) A musical instrument with one resonator chamber portrays an owl (SM 10-339778) -- (B) A male ruler wearing an owl headdress and a thick necklace with an ahau representation at the center (HKAN 10-343435) -- (C) Ball player wearing a protruding t -- Figure 11. (A) A female figurine with a child placed on her lap (SM 10-398036) -- (B) A female figurine carries a child behind her back (SM 10-339983) -- (C) A female figurine with a red rounded bowl (SM 10-342637) -- (D) The same female figurine carries a ch -- Figure 12. (A) A musical instrument portraying a female figurine wearing a large hollow broad-brimmed hat over a complex hairdo exhibits three dots on her face (SM 10-290541) -- (B) A fragmented flute displaying a male with a bloated belly (SM 10-398032) -- -- Figure 13. (A) A female figurine with bent arms and outward hand palms served as a rattle (BBC 10-398097) -- (B) A similar rattle depicts a woman with one bent arm showing her outward hand palm, while the left arm rests on her left flank (SM 10-339983) -- ( -- Chapter 4 -- Documenting Accommodation and Change in the Tarascan Ceramic Economy -- Amy J. Hirshman -- Figure 1. Map of the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin showing sites named in the text. (Used by permission of Hirshman) -- Table 2. Rim Sherd Within cluster Error Sum of Squares (ESS) One-Way ANOVA (from Hirshman, Lovis and Pollard 2010, 272, Table 3).

Table 3. Alphabetical Listing of Paste Categories Identified by Pollard (Hirshman, after Pollard 1993, 2001, Pollard and Haskell 2006) -- Table 4. Compositional group by time and by site (from Hirshman and Ferguson 2012, 3202, Table 5) -- Chapter 5 -- Forming Pots and Community: -- Pottery Production and Potter Interaction in an Ancestral Wendat Village -- Chapter 4 -- Documenting Accommodation and Change in the Tarascan Ceramic Economy -- Amy J. Hirshman -- Chapter 5 -- Forming Pots and Community: -- Pottery Production and Potter Interaction in an Ancestral Wendat Village -- Linda Howie -- Ronald Williamson -- Sarah Striker -- Linda Howie -- Ronald Williamson -- Figure 1. Surficial geology of south-central Ontario. Data from the Ontario Geological Survey (1997), Esri, TomTom and contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada -- Table 1. Distinguishing characteristics of Group A ceramic fabrics groups that include learner vessels (see also Howie 2012) -- Table 2. Distinguishing characteristics of Group B ceramic fabrics groups that include learner vessels (see also Howie 2012) -- Chapter 6 -- Clay Choice: the Impacts of Ceramic Formation Methods and Cultural Behavior -- Sarah Striker -- Chapter 6 -- Clay Choice: the Impacts of Ceramic Formation Methods and Cultural Behavior -- Mary F. Ownby -- Mary F. Ownby -- Figure 1. Map showing locations where clay was collected for the experimental vessels. Cultural group areas are also shown. (Map created by Catherine Gilman, Desert Archaeology, Inc.) -- Figure 2. Experimental pots made from several different clays using paddle and anvil (vessels on the left) and coil and scrape (vessels on the right) forming methods. (Figure by Ownby).

Figure 3. Petrographic thin section images of the coil and scrape pots made from several different clays. Images are in cross-polarized light at 40x magnification. (Figure by Ownby) -- Figure 4. Map showing areas for case studies on clay choice and mobility highlighting the mountains where pottery was made. (Map created by Catherine Gilman, Desert Archaeology, Inc.) -- Table 2. Ceramic samples from Utah sites in Beaver Valley. (Table by Ownby) -- Table 3. Ceramic samples from northern Colorado sites. EP=Early Proterozoic -- MP=Middle Proterozoic. (Table by Ownby) -- Table 4. Ceramic samples from northwest New Mexico sites along US-491. (Table by Ownby) -- Table 5. Plain ware samples from southeastern Arizona sites on the eastern side of the Tohono O'odham Reservation. (Table by Ownby) -- Table 6. Sells Red ware samples from southeastern Arizona sites on the eastern side of the Tohono O'odham Reservation. (Table by Ownby) -- Chapter 7 -- Complementary Approaches for Understanding Mazapan Pottery -- Chapter 7 -- Complementary Approaches for Understanding Mazapan Pottery -- Destiny L. Crider -- Destiny L. Crider -- Figure 1. The distribution of Mazapan Wavy Line pottery within the Basin of Mexico. (Figure by Crider) -- Figure 2. Schematic of associated pottery types by chronological periods and phases for Tula and parts of the Basin of Mexico, as used in study of Mazapan Wavy Line pottery. Wavy Line pottery spans the end of the Epiclassic to the early part of the Earl -- Figure 3. Vessel examples of Mazapan Wavy Line pottery from Vaillant's 1930s excavations at Teotihuacan San Francisco Mazapan (part of the collections at the American Museum of Natural History). Vessels are not shown to same scale, but to highlight the vi.

Figure 4. Categories of information collected as part of the attribute study of Epiclassic and Early Postclassic pottery, including Mazapan Wavy Line. (Figure by Crider 2011).