id
	10103
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10103
Resource template
	Book Section
Resource class
	bibo:BookSection
Title
	Fabric description of archaeological ceramics
Creator
	Whitbread, Ian
Publisher
	Oxford University Press
Date
	2017
Language
	eng
Abstract
	The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and votive figurines. For more than 100 years, archaeologists have used ceramic analysis to answer complex questions about economy, subsistence, technological innovation, social organization, and dating. The volume is structured around the themes “Research design and data analysis,” “Foundational concepts,” “Evaluating ceramic provenance,” “Investigating ceramic manufacture,” “Assessing vessel function,” and “Dating ceramic assemblages.” It provides a common vocabulary and offers practical tools and guidelines for ceramic analysis using techniques and methodologies ranging from network analysis and typology to rehydroxylation dating and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Each chapter provides the theoretical background and practical guidelines, such as cost and destructiveness of analysis, for each technique, as well as detailed case studies illustrating the application and interpretation of analytical data for answering anthropological questions.
Is Part Of
	The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis
Spatial Coverage
	Oxford
Cited by
	10104
Editor
	Hunt, Alice
Pages
	200-216
Uri
	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.001.0001
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/SPKFRPPK/item-list

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