Cathy Lynne Costin
Biographic Data
| ID | 186477 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathy Lynne Costin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathy Lynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Costin |
| SIGNATURE | COSTIN C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Northridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 381 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Visions of the Cupisnique Pharmacopeia
Techno-aesthetic ceramic traditions and the effective communication of power on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the relationship between technological and aesthetic shifts in Andean North Coast prestige ceramics and sociopolitical change by focusing on pottery as a form of information technology in a world without formal writing. To do so, I begin by defining two techno-aesthetic macro-traditions to emphasize the interconnections among technique and visual appearance, semantics and aesthetics. I then demonstrate how these two tradi…
Gender and Status in Inca Textile and Ceramic Craft Production
Inca imperial rule depended on the production and distribution of cloth and pottery of different qualities. These were produced by specialists, such as the acllacona and cumbicamayos, and were used in performances of state hospitality that reciprocated the labor service (mit’a) of Inca subjects, and given as rewards. Production of these prestige goods indicates hybrid practices across the empire, as well as the role of gender and class in the lab…
Political, Social, Economic, and Ideological Dimensions in the Late Pre-Hispanic Gendered Division of Labor on the North Coast of Peru
Who Benefits? Structural Change and Lived Experience in the Late Prehispanic Andes
In this chapter, I identify changes in the division of labor by age, gender, and class, evaluate the intensity of household production, and analyze shifting patterns of consumption to address how the Inka conquest of the Yanamarca Valley differentially affected women and men, children and adults, elites and commoners in Late pre-Hispanic Peru. Ethnohistoric and archaeological data indicate that the workload increased generally for all conquered p…
The Cost of Conquest
Gender and Textile Production in Prehistory
This chapter contains section titles: Investment in Textile Production Gendering Cloth Production Cloth, Gender, and Domestic Economy Cloth, Gender, and Political Economy Cloth, Gender, Identity, and Ideology Conclusion References
Mi Chacra (My Land) by Jason Burlage, dir
From the Publications Director of the Archeology Division, Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
Thinking about Production
Evaluating and rethinking central disciplinary ideas is an essential part of the process of developing knowledge and understanding. Part of the process is the consideration of how we define and classify the phenomena we study. Many of the chapters in this book explore the continuing salience of entrenched ideas about production and offer up either reworked definitions or new categories of objects and behaviors related to production. Careful refle…
Production and Exchange of Ceramics
Archeology Division
Craft Production Systems
Archaeology Division
The Use of Ethnoarchaeology for the Archaeological Study of Ceramic Production
Introduction
Crafting and craft objects intersect with all cultural domains: economic, social, political, and ritual. Craft goods are social objects that assume an importance beyond household maintenance and reproduction. They signify and legitimize group membership and social roles, and become reserves of wealth, storing intrinsically valuable materials and the labor invested in their manufacture. Specialized craft producers are actors involved in the creati…
Housewives, Chosen Women, Skilled Men
Cloth was the most economically, politically, and rituaUy valuable item in the late prehispanic Andes, and it might be expected that producers, distributors and consumers of this valuable would compete to capture the symbolic significance of these goods as an attribute or identity for themselves. Much has been said of the elite patrons of the textile arts in the Andes; far less has been said of the producers. Cloth production traditionally employ…
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban
Status Distinction and Legitimation of Power as Reflected in Changing Patterns of Consumption in Late Prehispanic Peru
Patterns in household consumption reflect changing strategies of control, finance, and legitimation used by the Inka empire after their conquest of the northern Wanka of Central Peru. Changes in consumption reflect differential access to goods. In pre-Inka Wanka II, the evidence of social stratification was relatively marked; in Wanka III-under Inka domination-this difference continued but narrowed significantly. The symbolic referents of prestig…
Status Distinction and Legitimation of Power as Reflected in Changing Patterns of Consumption in Late Prehispanic Peru
Patterns in household consumption reflect changing strategies of control, finance, and legitimation used by the Inka empire after their conquest of the northern Wanka of Central Peru. Changes in consumption reflect differential access to goods. In pre-Inka Wanka II, the evidence of social stratification was relatively marked; in Wanka III-under Inka domination-this difference continued but narrowed significantly. The symbolic referents of prestig…
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
The Use of Ethnoarchaeology for the Archaeological Study of Ceramic Production
Introduction
Crafting and craft objects intersect with all cultural domains: economic, social, political, and ritual. Craft goods are social objects that assume an importance beyond household maintenance and reproduction. They signify and legitimize group membership and social roles, and become reserves of wealth, storing intrinsically valuable materials and the labor invested in their manufacture. Specialized craft producers are actors involved in the creati…
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban
Housewives, Chosen Women, Skilled Men
Cloth was the most economically, politically, and rituaUy valuable item in the late prehispanic Andes, and it might be expected that producers, distributors and consumers of this valuable would compete to capture the symbolic significance of these goods as an attribute or identity for themselves. Much has been said of the elite patrons of the textile arts in the Andes; far less has been said of the producers. Cloth production traditionally employ…
Thinking about Production
Evaluating and rethinking central disciplinary ideas is an essential part of the process of developing knowledge and understanding. Part of the process is the consideration of how we define and classify the phenomena we study. Many of the chapters in this book explore the continuing salience of entrenched ideas about production and offer up either reworked definitions or new categories of objects and behaviors related to production. Careful refle…
Who Benefits? Structural Change and Lived Experience in the Late Prehispanic Andes
In this chapter, I identify changes in the division of labor by age, gender, and class, evaluate the intensity of household production, and analyze shifting patterns of consumption to address how the Inka conquest of the Yanamarca Valley differentially affected women and men, children and adults, elites and commoners in Late pre-Hispanic Peru. Ethnohistoric and archaeological data indicate that the workload increased generally for all conquered p…
Techno-aesthetic ceramic traditions and the effective communication of power on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the relationship between technological and aesthetic shifts in Andean North Coast prestige ceramics and sociopolitical change by focusing on pottery as a form of information technology in a world without formal writing. To do so, I begin by defining two techno-aesthetic macro-traditions to emphasize the interconnections among technique and visual appearance, semantics and aesthetics. I then demonstrate how these two tradi…
Status Distinction and Legitimation of Power as Reflected in Changing Patterns of Consumption in Late Prehispanic Peru
Patterns in household consumption reflect changing strategies of control, finance, and legitimation used by the Inka empire after their conquest of the northern Wanka of Central Peru. Changes in consumption reflect differential access to goods. In pre-Inka Wanka II, the evidence of social stratification was relatively marked; in Wanka III-under Inka domination-this difference continued but narrowed significantly. The symbolic referents of prestig…
Engendering Tomb 7 at Monte Alban
Standardization, Labor Investment, Skill, and the Organization of Ceramic Production in Late Prehispanic Highland Peru
Specialization encompasses many ways to organize craft production, ranging from small, household-based work units to large workshops. Distinctive types of specialization develop in response to various social, economic, and environmental factors, including the demand for crafts, the social relations of producers, and the support base for artisans. These factors in turn influence manufacturing technology. Thus, different types of specialization can…
Introduction
Crafting and craft objects intersect with all cultural domains: economic, social, political, and ritual. Craft goods are social objects that assume an importance beyond household maintenance and reproduction. They signify and legitimize group membership and social roles, and become reserves of wealth, storing intrinsically valuable materials and the labor invested in their manufacture. Specialized craft producers are actors involved in the creati…
Housewives, Chosen Women, Skilled Men
Cloth was the most economically, politically, and rituaUy valuable item in the late prehispanic Andes, and it might be expected that producers, distributors and consumers of this valuable would compete to capture the symbolic significance of these goods as an attribute or identity for themselves. Much has been said of the elite patrons of the textile arts in the Andes; far less has been said of the producers. Cloth production traditionally employ…
The Use of Ethnoarchaeology for the Archaeological Study of Ceramic Production
Craft Production Systems
Archaeology Division
Production and Exchange of Ceramics
Archeology Division
Thinking about Production
Evaluating and rethinking central disciplinary ideas is an essential part of the process of developing knowledge and understanding. Part of the process is the consideration of how we define and classify the phenomena we study. Many of the chapters in this book explore the continuing salience of entrenched ideas about production and offer up either reworked definitions or new categories of objects and behaviors related to production. Careful refle…
From the Publications Director of the Archeology Division, Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association
Gender and Textile Production in Prehistory
This chapter contains section titles: Investment in Textile Production Gendering Cloth Production Cloth, Gender, and Domestic Economy Cloth, Gender, and Political Economy Cloth, Gender, Identity, and Ideology Conclusion References
Mi Chacra (My Land) by Jason Burlage, dir
The Cost of Conquest
Political, Social, Economic, and Ideological Dimensions in the Late Pre-Hispanic Gendered Division of Labor on the North Coast of Peru
Who Benefits? Structural Change and Lived Experience in the Late Prehispanic Andes
In this chapter, I identify changes in the division of labor by age, gender, and class, evaluate the intensity of household production, and analyze shifting patterns of consumption to address how the Inka conquest of the Yanamarca Valley differentially affected women and men, children and adults, elites and commoners in Late pre-Hispanic Peru. Ethnohistoric and archaeological data indicate that the workload increased generally for all conquered p…
Gender and Status in Inca Textile and Ceramic Craft Production
Inca imperial rule depended on the production and distribution of cloth and pottery of different qualities. These were produced by specialists, such as the acllacona and cumbicamayos, and were used in performances of state hospitality that reciprocated the labor service (mit’a) of Inca subjects, and given as rewards. Production of these prestige goods indicates hybrid practices across the empire, as well as the role of gender and class in the lab…
Techno-aesthetic ceramic traditions and the effective communication of power on the North Coast of Peru
In this paper, I examine the relationship between technological and aesthetic shifts in Andean North Coast prestige ceramics and sociopolitical change by focusing on pottery as a form of information technology in a world without formal writing. To do so, I begin by defining two techno-aesthetic macro-traditions to emphasize the interconnections among technique and visual appearance, semantics and aesthetics. I then demonstrate how these two tradi…
Visions of the Cupisnique Pharmacopeia
Sociology (12 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · History (10 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Politics (7 works)