Archaeological ceramics a review of current research /.
- ii, 175 p. ill., maps ;.
- BAR. International series 2193 .
"...originated during a session ... for the 15th European Archaeologist Conference, that was held in Riva del Garda (Trento, Italy) in September 2009..."--Introd.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Simona Scarcella -- Chaine operatoire and ceramics: classifications and typology, archaeometry, experimental archaeology, and ethnoarchaeology / Charles Kolb -- Section 1. Typology. Utilitarian and ritual pottery of the Gorokhovo culture: continuity and changes in an ancient society / S. Panteleeva -- Typological features of impressed ceramic within the stratigraphical sequence of the semicircular concentric ditches in the Neolithic village of Rendina (Potenza, Italy) / F. Occhiogrosso -- Section 2. Archaeometry. Characterising surviving residues from archaeological ceramics: a biomolecular approach / C. Spiteri, C. Heron, O. Craig -- Exploring the chaine operatoire of ceramics through X-radiography / I. Berg -- The life-history of the potter's wheel in the Ancient Near East / N. Laneri -- From raw materials to utilisation. Ceramics associated with the metallurgical activity at Valencina De La Concepcion (Seville, Spain): technological choices and social implication / N. Inacio ... [et al.] -- Anthropological interpretation of ceramic assemblages: foundations and implementations of technological analysis / V. Roux -- section 3. Experimental archaeology. Chaine operatoire, technical gestures and pottery production at Southern Andes during the Late Period (c. AD 900 -- AD 1450) (Catamarca, Northwestern Argentina, Argentina) / G. De La Fuente -- An examination of emic possibilities: experimental archaeology and Cypriot ceramic typology / C. Jeffra -- From clay to sherd: understanding the manufacture, use and taphonomy of prehistoric ceramics by experiment / D. Millson -- Experimental reconstruction of the pottery firing process of Late Bronze Age pottery from North-Eastern Bohemia / R. Ther, M. Gregor -- Ritual chains / D. Gheorghiu -- section 4. Ethnoarchaeology. Microtraditions and agency in domestic pottery production: an ethnoarchaeological perspective / M. Deal -- The swallow potters: seasonally migratory styles in the Andes / G. Ramon.