Pottery Function: A Use-alteration Perspective (interdisciplinary Contributions To Archaeology)

this Unique Study Provides The Means To Determine Actual Pottery Use By Traces That Remain On The Ceramic And Surface Attrition. Moreover, It Makes Theoretical Statements About Ethnoarchaeology, Experimental Archaeology, And The Relationship Between Pottery And Society. Such Information Is Crucial For The Archaeologist To Make More Accurate Inferences About How The Pottery Has Functioned In Everyday Life.

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suggests Methods By Which Archaeologists Can Determine How A Pot Or Shard Was Actually Used. Presents An Overview And General Principles, And Methods Using Absorbed Residues, Surface Attrition, And Carbon Deposition. Based On A Study Of The Kalinga People In The Philippines. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)