Ancient Maya Pottery : Classification, Analysis, and Interpretation /

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The ancient Maya produced a broad range of ceramics that has attracted concerted scholarly attention for over a century. Pottery sherds--the most abundant artifacts recovered from sites--reveal much about artistic expression, religious ritual, economic systems, cooking traditions, and cultural excha...

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Autres auteurs: Chase, Arlen F. (Arlen Frank), 1953-, Chase, Diane Z., Aimers, James J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Mayas > Antiquities.
Maya pottery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Pottery & Ceramics.
ART > Ceramics.
Mayas > Antiquites.
Maya pottery > Classification.
Classification.
Electronic books.
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Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Type-Variety: What Works and What Doesn't; 3. Types and Traditions, Spheres and Systems: A Consideration of Analytic Constructs and Concepts in the Classification and Interpretation of Maya Ceramics; 4. Interpreting Form and Context: Ceramic Subcomplexes at Caracol, Nohmul, and Santa Rita Corozal, Belize; 5. Ceramic Resemblances, Trade, and Emulation: Changing Utilitarian Pottery Traditions in the Maya Lowlands.
  • 6. Type-Variety on Trial: Experiments in Classification and Meaning Using Ceramic Assemblages from Lamanai, Belize7. Establishing the Cunil Ceramic Complex at Cahal Pech, Belize; 8. Technological Style and Terminal Preclassic Orange Ceramics in the Holmul Region, Guatemala; 9. Acanmul, Becán, and the Xcocom Phenomenon through a Type-Variety Looking Glass: Resolving Historical Enigmas through Hands-On Typological Assessments; 10. Looking for Times: How Type-Variety Analysis Helps Us "See" the Early Postclassic in Northwestern Honduras.
  • 11. Slips, Styles, and Trading Patterns: A Postclassic Perspective from Central Peten, Guatemala12. Mayapán's Chen Mul Modeled Effigy Censers: Iconography and Archaeological Context; 13. Problems and Prospects in Maya Ceramic Classification, Analysis, and Interpretation; References; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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