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The emergence of pottery : technology and innovation in ancient societies / edited by William K. Barnett and John W. Hoopes.
Penn Museum Library GN799.P6 E44 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Smithsonian series in archaeological inquiry
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pottery, Prehistoric--Themes, motives.
- Pottery, Prehistoric.
- Pottery, Prehistoric--Classification.
- Industries, Prehistoric.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1995]
- Summary:
- Choice Outstanding Academic Book. Drawing on production and distribution models, ceramic ecology, and information theory, twenty-five scholars reconsider the early development of pottery in sites across the globe and challenge previous assumptions that coupled the emergence of ceramic technology exclusively with the advent of sedentary, agricultural societies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 156098516X
- 1560985178
- OCLC:
- 31709218
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