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Over the past fifty years or so early pottery complexes in the wider region of West Asia have hardly ever been investigated in their own right. Early ceramics have often been unexpected by-products of projects focusing upon much earlier aceramic or later prehistoric periods. In recent years, however, there has been a tremendous increase in research in various parts of West Asia focusing explicitly on this theme. It has generally become accepted that the adoption of pottery in West Asia happened relatively late in the history of ceramics. Several regions are now believed to have developed pottery significantly earlier. Thus, pottery occurs in Eastern Russia, in China and Japan by 16,500 cal. BC and in north Africa it is known in the 10th millennium cal. BC.However, while the East Asian examples in particular do mark chronologically earlier instances, the picture in West Asia is actually rather more complex, in part because of the tyranny of the Aceramic/Ceramic Neolithic chronological divide. For the first time, The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia examines in detail the when, where, how and why of the arrival of the first pottery in the region.0A key insight that emerges is that we must not confuse the reasons for pottery adoption with the long-term consequences. Neolithic peoples in West Asia did not adopt pottery because of the many uses and functions it would gain many centuries later and the development of ceramic technology needs to be examined in the context of its original cultural and social milieu

Pottery --- Neolithic period --- Ceramic art --- Ceramics (Art) --- Chinaware --- Crockery --- Earthenware --- Pottery, Primitive --- Ceramics --- Decorative arts --- House furnishings --- Firing (Ceramics) --- Saggers --- Middle East --- Antiquities.

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For over 25,000 years, humans across the globe have shaped, decorated, and fired clay. Despite great differences in location and time, universal themes appear in the world's ceramic traditions, including religious influences, human and animal representations, and mortuary pottery. In Global Clay: Themes in World Ceramic Traditions, noted pottery scholar John A. Burrison explores the recurring artistic themes that tie humanity together, explaining how and why those themes appear again and again in worldwide ceramic traditions. The book is richly illustrated with over 200 full-color, cross-cultural illustrations of ceramics from prehistory to the present. Providing an introduction to different styles of folk pottery, extensive suggestions for further reading, and reflections on the future of traditional pottery around the world, Global Clay is sure to become a classic for all who love art and pottery and all who are intrigued by the human commonalities revealed through art.

Pottery --- Ceramic art --- Ceramics (Art) --- Chinaware --- Crockery --- Earthenware --- Pottery, Primitive --- Ceramics --- Decorative arts --- House furnishings --- Firing (Ceramics) --- Saggers --- Themes, motives. --- Social aspects. --- Subjects

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The Mycenaean pottery from the excavations of M. Korfmann is presented in detail. It is discussed by excavated area starting with the areas on the mound; this is followed by that from the buildings round the base of the mound, then by that from buildings in the central Lower Town; it concludes with the material from the Fortification Ditch. Within each area the pottery is presented stratigraphically. In order to give a complete overview the pottery from the Blegen excavations is also considered. Both Blegen's stratigraphy and the Mycenaean pottery he excavated complement the Korfmann material. Therefore, three earlier articles by the author re-examining the Blegen stratigraphy and pottery are included in the present publication to fill out the picture; the whole material from both sets of excavations is then discussed together in an extensive overview. The relationship of the Trojan pottery to that of the East Aegean-West Anatolian Interface is also considered.

Pottery, Mycenaean --- Pottery, Prehistoric --- Troy (Extinct city) --- Turkey --- Antiquities --- Pottery --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Ceramic art --- Ceramics (Art) --- Chinaware --- Crockery --- Earthenware --- Pottery, Primitive --- Ceramics --- Decorative arts --- House furnishings --- Firing (Ceramics) --- Saggers --- Mycenaean pottery --- Antiquities.

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Pottery. --- Ceramics. --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Ceramic art --- Ceramics (Art) --- Chinaware --- Crockery --- Earthenware --- Pottery, Primitive --- Ceramics --- Decorative arts --- House furnishings --- Firing (Ceramics) --- Saggers

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This book describes the pottery trade activities of the residents of the community of San Bartolomé de los Olleros in Piura, Peru. Based on extensive interviews with potters and traders, it explains why the barter of pots continues to be practiced, and explores how pottery production and exchange practices may now be changing. The book provides a unique and detailed analysis of the interconnections between handicraft production, rural trade networks, and agriculture in an Andean context. Pots are mainly bartered for food crops within a non-monetary peasant economy distinct from the “conventional” market. This practice is an important food source for pottery traders; thus trader livelihoods are placed at the center of this qualitative study of pottery distribution. Of primary importance are: 1) the decision-making processes surrounding exchange activities, 2) how exchange choices produce distinct spatial patterns, and 3) how the marketing of pots impacts livelihoods. .

Sociology of culture --- Economic relations. Trade --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Social geography --- Archeology --- etnologie --- cultuur --- handel --- antropologie --- geografie --- archeologie --- Peru --- Andes --- Latin America --- Pottery --- Ceramic art --- Ceramics (Art) --- Chinaware --- Crockery --- Earthenware --- Pottery, Primitive --- Ceramics --- Decorative arts --- House furnishings --- Firing (Ceramics) --- Saggers --- Cultural geography. --- Ethnology—Latin America. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Trade. --- Business. --- Commerce. --- Cultural Geography. --- Latin American Culture. --- Trade --- Economics --- Business --- Transportation --- Management --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Human geography --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Merchants --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences --- Human geography. --- Ethnology --- Culture. --- Retail trade. --- Social and Cultural Geography. --- Trade and Retail. --- Latin America. --- Retail industry --- Retailing --- Marketing --- Shopping centers --- Wholesale trade --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Social aspects