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Vessels Explored: Applying Archaeometry to South American Ceramics and their Production
Emily M. Stovel and Guillermo De La Fuente
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This volume presents current trends in the application of scientific methods to ceramic analysis throughout South America. Reports from ongoing ceramic research in the area capture the wide array of methods incorporated as a normal part of research in most countries while reflecting national variation in their use and interpretation. The volume also provides an opportunity to see parallels in research interests and results and thereby generate more international collaboration. Despite the vibrant growth of archaeological science in the region, increased opportunities for global comparative studies would lift our work into a more powerful arena of pressing popular discussions and afford more salient relevance to our labours. Vessels Explored: Applying Archaeometry to South American Ceramics and their Production brings to an international audience of scholars a new fresh look inside the current research problems South American archaeologists are working on and how scientific analyses can contribute to resolving them.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Contributors
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A Brief Introduction to Applying Archaeometry to South American Ceramics and their Production
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PART I: RAW MATERIALS, PASTE RECIPES, AND RESIDUE ANALYSIS
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The Characterization of Ceramic Pastes from Cueva de Cristóbal (Puna de Jujuy, c. 3000-2500 BP)
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Preliminary Study of Stable Carbon Isotopes of Bulk Lipid Residues in Archaeological Ceramics from West Tinogasta, Argentina
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The First Archaeometric Analysis of Ceramic Pastes from the Bolivian Central Altiplano during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1100-1450): Evaluating the Pacajes-Carangas Frontier
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Pottery Production in Quebrada de La Cueva: Petrography at Pukara de La Cueva and Antiguito (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina)
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Potting Clays and Ceramic Provenance in Northern Highland Ecuador
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Part II: Firing and Associated Technologies
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A Systematic Evaluation of the Firing Temperatures of Archaeological Pottery from Catamarca, Argentina
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Archaeometric Approaches to the Functionality of Combustion Structures from Central Western Argentina
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Pottery Kilns and Firing Technology during the Late and Inka Periods in the southern Abaucán Valley: A Contribution through Ceramic Petrography and XRD (Catamarca, Northwestern Argentina, Southern Andes)
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Reflections
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A Cross-Polarized View of Ceramic Studies in the Southern Cone
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About Ceramics, Archaeometry, and Latin American Archaeology
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Published: 2016
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407314815 (paperback)
- 9781407344331 (ebook)
BAR Number: S2808