This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather
than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and …

This paper reviews ceramic ethnoarchaeological research conducted subsequent to
Kramer's (1985) seminal stock-taking. Among current trends are a continued interest in the …

Starting with an example illustrating the complexity and variability of behaviours related to
clay selection and processing, this paper explores the mechanisms underlying the spatial …

An invaluable field textbook, Objects examines detailed case studies to provide a brilliantly
clear and comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic …

The last decade has seen a surge in ceramic ethnoarchaeological studies worldwide,
covering such important topics as ceramic production, technological change, ceramic use …

This study examines cultural sources of variation in ceramic compositional patterning in two
pottery-making villages of the highland Philippines. In Dalupa, many potters are part-time …

Este libro es el resultado de cinco años de investigaciones arqueológicas sostenidas en el
litoral atlántico de la región pampeana y se basa en el trabajo de tesis doctoral del autor …

Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia investigates the economic and social power
that surrounded the production and use of tobacco pipes in colonial Virginia and the …

The circulation of material culture across space is a central topic in Andean archaeology and
has witnessed significant growth during the last decades. Ceramics have been a part of this …

Until the 1960s, archaeologists tended to interpret all spatial variations in material culture
(what we could call style) from the perspective of ethnicity. Presumably, a different way of …