Social change and the evolution of ceramic production and distribution in a Maya community / Dean E. Arnold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arnold, Dean E., 1942-

Series:

Mesoamerican worlds.

Mesoamerican worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maya pottery--Mexico--Ticul.

Maya pottery.

Maya pottery--Analysis.

Mayas--Mexico--Ticul--Social conditions.

Mayas.

Pottery industry--Mexico--Ticul.

Pottery industry.

Social change--Mexico--Ticul.

Social change.

Ticul (Mexico)--Social conditions.

Ticul (Mexico).

Physical Description:

xxx, 351 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How and why do ceramics and their production change through time? Social Change and the Evolution of Ceramic Production and Distribution in a Maya Community is a unique ethno-archaeological study that attempts to answer these questions by tracing social change among potters and changes in the production and distribution of their pottery in a the Mexican community of Ticul between 1965 and 1997. Dean E. Arnold made ten visits to Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico, witnessing the changes in transportation infrastructure, the use of piped water, and the development of tourist resorts. Even in this context of social change and changes in the demand for pottery, most of the potters in 1997 came from the families that had made pottery in 1965. This book traces changes and continuities in that population of potters, in the demand and distribution of pottery, and in the procurement of clay and temper, paste composition, forming, and firing. In this volume, Arnold bridges the gap between archaeology and ethnography, using his analysis of contemporary ceramic production and distribution to generate new theoretical explanations for archaeologists working with pottery from antiquity. When the descriptions and explanations of Arnold's findings in Ticul are placed in the context of the literature on craft specialization, a number of insights can be applied to the archaeological record that confirm, contradict, and nuance generalizations concerning the evolution of ceramic specialization. This book will be of special interest to anthropologists, archaeologists, and ethnographers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Figures

Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1: Introduction

2: How Have the Population and Organization of Potters Changed?

3: How Have Demand and Consumption Changed?

4: How Has Distribution of the Pottery Changed?Chapterfour

5: How Has Clay Procurement Changed?

6: How Has Temper Procurement Changed?

7: How Has Composition of the Pottery Fabric Changed?

8: How Has the Forming Technology Changed?

9: How Has Firing Technology Changed?

10: Conclusion

References Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index.

ISBN:

9780870819919

0870819917

OCLC:

472414324