Maya Potters' Indigenous Knowledge : Cognition, Engagement, and Practice /

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"Based on fieldwork and reflection over a period of fifty years, Arnold utilizes engagement theory to describe the Indigenous knowledge of traditional Maya potters in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico. Arnold examines craftspeople's knowledge and skills, their engagement with natural and social envi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arnold, Dean E., 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
Subjects:
Potters > Mexico > Ticul.
Cognition and culture.
Mayas > Material culture > Mexico > Ticul.
Maya pottery > Mexico > Ticul.
Céramistes > Mexique > Ticul.
Cognition et culture.
Mayas > Culture matérielle > Mexique > Ticul.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cognition and culture
Maya pottery
Mayas > Material culture
Potters
Mexico > Ticul
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • How was the data collected?
  • The potters' engagement with the perceived landscape : ethnoecology
  • The potters' engagement with raw materials : ethnomineralogy
  • Engagement with paste preparation
  • The potters' engagement with vessel forming
  • The potters' engagement with drying and firing
  • Ticul Pottery as a distilled landscape/taskscape.

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