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Pottery in Archaeology

by Clive Orton, Paul Tyers and Alan Vince

Pottery is often the most common find on a site, and can provide the archaeologist with information on many aspects of the past, including chronology, trade, and technology. Scientific developments and statistical techniques have contributed still further to the analysis of pottery in recent years. Divided into three parts (history and potential; a guide to pottery processing and recording; themes in ceramic studies) this book details the routine tasks of handling pottery, and examines the most recent research into the quantitative study and comparison of ceramic assemblages. 269p with text figs and illus. (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology, Cambridge UP 1993)

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Part I. History and Potential: 1. History of pottery studies; 2. The potential of pottery as archaeological evidence; Part II. Practicalities - A Guide to Pottery Processing and Recording: 3. Integration with research designs; 4. Life in the pot shed; 5. Fabric analysis; 6. Classification of form and decoration; 7. Illustration; 8. Pottery archives; 9. Publication; Part III. Themes in Ceramic Studies: 10. Making pottery; 11. Pottery fabrics; 12. Form; 13. Quantification; 14. Chronology; 15. Production and distribution; 16. Pottery and function; 17, Assemblages and sites.

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