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Journal of Archaeological Science
Temper mixture models and assessing ceramic complexity in the emerging Tarascan state2012 •
Latin American Antiquity
Review of Tarascan Pottery Production, by Lorraine Williams-Beck2019 •
Two recent tomes pursue combined sociocultural anthropology and ethnographic field methods, to explore craft production for complementing prehispa-nic archaeological inference through distinct yet interrelated ceramic ecology theoretical perspectives.
In I. Caloi & C. Langohr (eds), Technology in Crisis. Technological changes in ceramic production during periods of trouble, Acts of an International Workshop Held at UCLouvain, 18-19th February 2016 (Aegis 16), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2018, 21-33.
Technological changes in ceramic production during periods of trouble Methodological approaches and matters of scale.2018 •
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In recent years the archaeological literature concerning ceramic production in Rome and Latium during the Orientalizing and Archaic periods has flourished, helping to update our knowledge regarding the technical, typological, and chronological aspects of the ceramic repertoire from these periods. This paper, following in this recent tradition, presents a study of the pottery found in the excavations of the Regia in the Roman Forum during the mid 20th century: in particular, attention is focused on impasto production—namely, impasto rosso, impasto rosso-bruno, impasto chiaro-sabbioso, internal/external slip ware—and the production of bucchero, during the chronological span ranging from the Orientalizing period to the Late Archaic. My paper uses a morphological and chronological approach and defines the formal development of the analyzed ceramics classes; it also proposes a preliminary typology. I furthermore provide references to the distribution of the examined materials within the different areas of the excavation, providing preliminary quantitative estimates for ceramic finds across the site during the relevant periods. All of my findings regarding the ceramics are analyzed in relation to their stratigraphic context and their association with other material classes.
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This article from the ‘Classics Review’ section of the journal ‘ethnoarchaeology’ provides the back story and update for “Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process” published in 1985 and reprinted many times since then. That book built on the seminal article that I wrote for ‘Current Anthropology’ ten years earlier, and my responses to my critics there that stimulated me to write the book (those articles are on this site). Besides several anecdotes about the book, one section of the article provides a brief ethnography of its publication at the Cambridge University Press. One of my greatest frustrations that stimulated writing of the book was that my former focus on the cognitive anthropology (e. g. Arnold 1971) of ceramic production and my focus on what has come to be known as ‘technological choice’ among potters failed to provide much insight into understanding ceramic production outside of the ceramics in the communities that I studied. Those theoretical and conceptual perspectives, although helpful and useful, did not help me provide insight into another pottery making community except that ‘potters make choices’ about resources, vessel shapes, and design. I already knew that from my field work; it was very obvious to me. I had written several articles that incorporated potters’ choices that I called ‘decision trees’. (These articles will be added to this site in due time), and the frustration of the incomparability of my perspective from one pottery making community to another that led me to rethink my experiences with potters in Mexico, Peru and Guatemala, in order to discover new insights that were truly cross-cultural in scope. The results were generalizations, but not necessarily universals, in ’Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process’. Some of these generalizations challenged assumptions and generalizations that archaeologists used to interpret the past. Finally, the article makes several updates to the ceramic resource model, and other feedback mechanisms in the book.
Archaeometry
Comments On ‘Technological Choices in Ceramic Production’, Archaeometry, 42(1), 1-76, 2000Journal of Archaeological Science
A pottery workshop in Pompeii unveils new insights on the Roman ceramics crafting tradition and raw materials trade2021 •
Recent excavations of the Via dei Sepolcri ceramic workshop in Pompeii provide an exceptional window into ancient Roman material culture. The remarkable ceramic objects found here, and importantly, the raw geological materials used in their production, afford a unique opportunity to gather information about each aspect of the organisation of the workshop and the ceramics production cycle, including those which are normally erased by the firing process. The exceptional nature of this site provides interesting insights into the system of raw material procurement, a facet poorly explored thus far due to the lack of ancient historical sources. The study is based on the investigation of 40 samples including pottery fragments, unfired, fired and overfired sherds and their source materials by means of optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy; in addition, Sr–Nd isotopic and paleontological analyses completed the raw material characterisation. The workshop experienced two different periods of activity starting from the beginning of 1st century CE; in a first phase they produced a variegated repertoire of Thin Walled pottery using local alluvial sediments and clays imported from Ischia island. In a second phase (probably from 62 to 63 CE to 79 CE), the workshop became larger and more specialised, the Thin Walled types drastically decreased and the artisans exclusively utilized clayey sediments from outcrops near Mt. Picentini in the Salerno province. As complementary materials, the ceramic production also utilized local volcanic sands for tempering and decorative purposes along with a presumed imported red earth pigment for decorative finishing. Firing conditions, as inferred from mineral assemblages in the pottery, were not strictly controlled in either production phase as estimated firing temperatures vary widely from approximately 800 to 1000 ◦C. Likewise, atmospheric conditions in the kiln, as inferred from the variable occurrence of Fe2+ and Fe3+ oxides, were not carefully controlled in either production phase. When compared with data from the larger framework of coeval regional and extra-regional pottery productions, the data obtained suggest that the existing paradigm of the Exploitable Threshold Model, which implies a maximum distance of 7–8 km between the source of raw materials and their usage in production centres, may need to be revised by at least an order of magnitude where sea routes and ports were readily available, as was the case in Pompeii and the surrounding Bay of Naples.
Journal of Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Performance Evaluation of a 5 hp Diesel Engine Fueled with Blended Biodiesel of Benola Oil2024 •
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Molecular phylogeny of the Cricetinae subfamily based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rRNA genes and the nuclear vWF gene2006 •
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Binding of Thrombin to the G-protein-linked Receptor, and Not to Glycoprotein Ib, Precedes Thrombin-mediated Platelet Activation1997 •
Advances in social work
The Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Service Integration: A Mixed Methods Study of a Strengths-Based Initiative2010 •
European Journal of Neuroscience
The cortical somatotopic map and phantom phenomena in subjects with congenital limb atrophy and traumatic amputees with phantom limb pain1998 •
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Site-specific marine water-quality criterion for cyanide2000 •
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Emission Energies and Stokes Shifts for Single Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Sheets in Comparison to the Effect of Excimer Formation2019 •
Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED)
Construir el conocimiento en la era digital: retos y reflexiones2022 •
Journal of molecular endocrinology
1,25-Vitamin D3 promotes cardiac differentiation through modulation of the WNT signaling pathway2014 •
Indian journal of experimental biology
Inhibition of methanogenesis by interaction of aluminium ion with co-factor, F-420, in Methanosarcina barkeri