Technological knowledge in the production of Neolithic Majiayao pottery in Gansu and Qinghai / Evgenia Dammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dammer, Evgenia, author.

Series:

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 8.

BAR international series ; 3122.

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 8

BAR international series ; 3122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pottery, Chinese--China--Gansu Sheng--To 221 B.C.

Pottery, Chinese.

Pottery, Chinese--China--Qinghai Sheng--To 221 B.C.

Majiayao culture--China--Gansu Sheng.

Majiayao culture.

Majiayao culture--China--Qinghai Sheng.

Pottery industry--China--Gansu Sheng--History--To 1500.

Pottery industry.

Pottery industry--China--Qinghai Sheng--History--To 1500.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 161 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

A comprehensive study of the technological knowledge needed to produce Neolithic Majiayao-style pottery (5300-4000 cal yr BP) which is famous for its painted designs in black and red, this work examines the technological choices in the production of fine and coarse Majiayao-style pottery found across three river valleys, all located near the border area of Chinese provinces Gansu and Qinghai. Through macroscopic examination, thin-section petrography and experimental archaeology, the book investigates how the same pottery style was made across this large geographical area. Specifically, the study examines whether similar technological knowledge in pottery production at different places is connected to a yet unknown social knowledge shared by prehistoric communities.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407360324

1407360329

OCLC:

1380435499