Clive Orton

Pottery in Archaeology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of the many different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery. It describes the scientific and quantitative techniques that are now available to the archaeologist, and assesses their value for answering a range of archaeological questions. It provides a manual for the basic handling and archiving of excavated pottery so that it can be used as a basis for further studies. The whole is set in the historical context of the ways in which archaeologists have sought to gain evidence from pottery and continue to do so. There are case studies of several approaches and techniques, backed up by an extensive bibliography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107439153
• Artikelnr.: 39420254

Autorenporträt

Clive Orton is Emeritus Professor of Quantitative Archaeology at the University College London Institute of Archaeology. He has won the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Ralph Merrifield Award for service to London Archaeology and the British Archaeological Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member of the Archaeology Data Service Management Committee, a member of the advisory board for the Journal of Quantitative Archaeology, the editor of London Archaeologist, a member of the editorial board for Archaeologia e Calcolatori, chairman of Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Excavation Committee and chair of Gresham Ship Steering Committee. His most recent books include The Pottery from Medieval Novgorod and its Region (2006) and Sampling in Archaeology (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

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. Archaeology by experiment
12. Craft specialisation and standardisation of production
13. Pottery fabrics
14. Form
15. Quantification
16. Chronology
17. Production and distribution
18. Pottery and function
19. Assemblages and sites
Conclusion: the future of pottery studies.