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Description: Focusing on the study of ceramic technology in a socioeconomic context, the contributors address the choices and problems inherent in the pre-industrial production process and look at how changes in technology and function are related to larger changes in social and economic systems. They provide a critical appraisal of the analytic approaches used in the study of ceramic technology, the role of ceramic technology studies in the investigation of socioeconomic systems, and a general historical overview of such studies. Contents: Bronitsky, Gordon-Introduction Bronitsky, Gordon-A ceramics manifesto Matson, Frederick R.-Shell-tempered pottery and the fort ancient potter Wallace, Dwight-Functional factors of mica and ceramic burnishing van As, Abraham-Some techniques used by the potters of Tell Hadidi during the second millennium B.C. Kaiser, Timothy
Lucius, William-Thermal expansion measurement and the estimation of prehistoric pottery firing temperatures Gogte, Vishwas D.-Simple methods of chemical analysis of pottery: a forgotten art Li Hu Hou-Trace elements in the porcelain of the royal kiln at Jiotan Childs, S. Terry-Clays to artifacts: resource selection in African early iron age iron-making technologies Reid, Kenneth C.-A materials science perspective on hunter-gatherer pottery Schiffer, Michael B.-A research design for ceramic use-wear analysis at Grasshopper Pueblo Plog, Fred
Upham, Steadman-Product specialization, archaeometry, and interpretation Feinman, Gary M.-Tinkering with technology: pitfalls and prospects for anthropological archaeology
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