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Ceramic production and exchange have become important issues in archaeological research on specialization and state formation. As one form of craft specialization, intensified ceramic production constitutes a common alternative to farming in societies faced with land shortages. Ceramic specialization is commonly practised at the community level, but little is known about the conditions under which village-level specialization develops. Ethnoarchaeological research in the northern Philippines documents specialized ceramic production at the community-level and embeds ceramic production into a regional system of community-based productive specialization. This Kalinga study provides insights on the process of emergent ceramic specialization.
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