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Pottery --- Pottery craft --- Analysis

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Pottery is the most ubiquitous find in most historical archaeological excavations and serves as the basis for much research in the discipline. But it is not only its frequency that makes it a prime dataset for such research, it is also that pottery embeds many dimensions of the human experience, ranging from the purely technical to the eminently symbolic. 0The aim of this book is to provide a cutting-edge theoretical and methodological framework, as well as a practical guide, for archaeologists, students and researchers to study ceramic assemblages. As opposed to the conventional typological approach, which focuses on vessel shape and assumed function with the main goal of establishing a chronological sequence, the proposed framework is based on the technological approach. Such an approach utilizes the concept of chaîne opératoire, which is geared to an anthropological interpretation of archaeological objects. 0The author offers a sound theoretical background accompanied by an original research strategy whose presentation is at the heart of this book. This research strategy is presented in successive chapters that are geared to explain not only how to study archaeological assemblages, but also why the proposed methods are essential for achieving ambitious interpretive goals.0In the heated debate on the equation stating that ?pots equal people?, which is a rather fuzzy reference to assumed relationships between (mostly) ethnic groups and pottery, technology enables us to propose with conviction the equation ?pots equal potters?. In this way, a well-founded history of potters is able to achieve a much better cultural and anthropological understanding of ancient societies.

Archaeological assemblages --- Pottery --- Pottery, Prehistoric --- Pottery, Ancient --- Ceramics --- Archaeology --- Technological innovations --- History --- Analysis --- Methodology --- Archaeology. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Antiquities --- Analysis. --- Prehistoric pottery --- Industries, Primitive --- Pottery craft --- Pottery - Technological innovations - History --- Pottery, Prehistoric - Analysis --- Pottery, Ancient - Analysis --- Ceramics - Analysis --- Archaeology - Methodology

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Prehistoric peoples --- Archaeology --- Appropriate technology --- Anthropology --- Protohistory --- Préhistoire --- Archéologie --- Technologie appropriée --- Anthropologie --- Protohistoire --- History --- Histoire --- Middle East --- Moyen-Orient --- Antiquities --- Antiquités

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Les sites archéologiques de la vallée de l'Indus en témoignent : l'artisanal des perles en cornaline remonte à plusieurs millénaires. De nos jours, il se pratique encore dans quelques rares endroits comme en Inde dans la ville de Cambay (Gujarat) qui offre au chercheur une occasion unique de construire des référentiels. Dans ce but, des méthodes d'enquête appropriées ont été élaborées. Elles aboutissent à des régies interprétatives portant sur les processus techniques, les habiletés de taille, le techno-système. Il s'ensuit une interprétation des perles de l'Indus et de la Mésopotamie en termes de production et de réseaux de distribution. Interprétations fondées qui permettent de nouvelles hypothèses sur la fonction de certaines perles et sur les conditions de leur apparition. L'ouvrage est accompagné d'un cédérom (Mac-PC). La totalité des constructions scientifiques y est présentée selon un mode d'édition qui permet une lecture rapide des résultats ainsi que la consultation d'une très importante base de données (photos, films, graphiques, tableaux). The archaeological sites of the Indus Valley show that the craft of carnelian bead-making goes back several thousands of years. 'Ibday it is still racticed in a few rare places, such as the Indian city of Cambay (Gujarat), ofiering a unique opportunity for researchers to construct a modern reference base. With this objective in mind, appropriate investigative methods were developed. They have resulted in interpretative rules relating to technical processes, knapping skills, and the teclmo-system. These rules enable us to interpret the beadsfrom Indus and Mesopotamia in terms of production and distribution networks. These welltfounded interpretations allow the formulation of new hypotheses concerning thefitnction of certain beads and the conditions of their appearance. This book comes with a PC /Mac compatible CD-Rom. Scientific constntcts are presented in aformalized wayfin quick access to the main results as well as…

Indian handicrafts --- Beads --- Beadwork --- Indus civilization. --- Gems. --- History. --- India --- Antiquities. --- Harappa culture --- Harappan civilization --- Harappan culture --- Indus Saraswati civilization --- Indus Saraswati Valley civilization --- Indus Valley civilization --- Indus Valley culture --- Beading (Fancy work) --- Fancy work --- Inde --- vallée de l’Indus --- gemmes --- archéologie