Skibo J.M. Understanding pottery function. - New York: Springer, 2013. - 192 p. - (Manuals in archaeological method, theory and technique). - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.191-192. - ISBN 978-1-4614-4198-4; ISSN 1571-5752  Место хранения:   088 | Институт археологии и этнографии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

1 Understanding Pottery Function ............................... 1 The Joys of Pottery .......................................... 2 Actual Versus Intended Pottery Function ...................... 4 An Approach to Pottery Function .............................. 6 Performance-Based Life History Approach ...................... 7 Life-History/Behavioral Chain ............................. 7 Activities and Interactions ............................... 8 Technical Choices and Compromises ......................... 8 Performances Characteristics .............................. 9 The Approach to the Writing in This Book ..................... 9 A Story of Pottery and People: Origins of Pottery Making on Grand Island ............................................. 10 Review of the Book's Contents ............................... 17 References .................................................. 19 2 Intended Function: Inferring Manufacturing Performance ...... 27 Understanding Technical Choices and Performance ............. 28 Morphology ............................................... 28 Paste Composition: Temper (Type, Size, Shape, Quantity) and Clay (Type, Chemistry) ............................... 36 Firing Temperature ....................................... 45 Surface Treatments ....................................... 47 Inferring Intended Function: Primary and Secondary Performance Characteristics, and Derivative Choices ......... 51 Is It Just About Techno-function? ........................ 53 From Sherds to Intended Function ............................ 54 References .................................................. 56 3 Sooting and Carbonization ................................... 63 Kalinga Vessels and Internal and External Carbonization ..... 64 The Kalinga .............................................. 64 The Kalinga Ethnoarchaeological Project .................. 67 Kalinga Internal and External Carbonization Patterns ..... 84 Principles for External Sooting ............................. 89 What Is Soot ............................................. 89 Soot Patches ............................................. 90 Temperature of Fire ...................................... 92 Distance from Fire ....................................... 92 Mode of Cooking .......................................... 93 Case Study: Late Archaic Pottery and Exterior Sooting .... 93 Principles for Internal Carbonization ....................... 96 Mode of Cooking: Wet/Dry ................................. 96 Other Factors ............................................ 98 Case Study: Origins of Pottery on the Colorado Plateau ... 99 Recording External and Internal Carbonization on Prehistoric Collections .................................... 105 Start with Whole Vessels ................................ 106 Recording Use Carbonization and Sooting Patterns on Whole Vessels ........................................... 107 Recording Use-Alteration Traces on Sherds ............... 107 Trickery ................................................ 108 Inferences .............................................. 110 References ................................................. 110 4 Attrition .................................................. 115 Principles of Ceramic Attrition ............................ 119 Use-Attrition: Abrasive Processes ....................... 120 Use Attrition: Nonabrasive Processes .................... 122 Use-Attrition Terms ..................................... 123 Case Study: Kalinga ........................................ 123 Kalinga Pottery Surfaces and Other Relevant Technical Properties .............................................. 124 Use Attrition on Kalinga Pots ........................... 125 Summary ................................................. 142 Case Study: Griffiths and Bray ............................. 144 Case Study: Hardin and Mills ............................... 145 Case Study: Sherds as Tools ................................ 147 Case Study: Alcohol Fermentation ........................... 152 Recording Attritional Traces on Prehistoric Pottery ........ 155 References ................................................. 156 5 Residue .................................................... 161 Co-authored by Mary Malainey Kalinga Study .............................................. 162 British Invasion ........................................... 166 Approaches to Lipid Residue Analysis ....................... 167 Sample Selection ........................................ 167 Sample Processing Techniques ............................ 168 Gas Chromatography for the Analysis of Archaeological Lipid Residues ............................................. l69 The Problem of Diagenesis ............................... 171 Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis .................. 174 Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy ............................ 175 Case Study: Origins of Pottery in the Upper Great Lakes .... 175 Case Study: Late Prehistoric Pottery Function from Western Canada ............................................. 179 Case Study: Finding Evidence of Maize Processing in North America .................................................... 180 Case Study: Origins of Pottery in Southeastern Arizona ..... 181 Final Recommendations ...................................... 182 A Concluding Comment ....................................... 185 References ................................................. 185 Index ......................................................... 191