Purépecha Pottery Ethnoarchaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Shott (0000-0002-6592-4904, University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author), Michael J Shott, E Williams (0000-0002-9656-0162, El Colegio de México) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-56 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ap3a.2006.16.1.47 |
| OpenAlex | W2149250719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
Most pottery studies begin with production and end with use. Yet every pot and sherd was discarded to enter the archaeological record, and archaeologists neglect this critical passage. We must know more about how long pots lasted and why they were discarded. For five years we studied the use life of ethnographic Purépecha pottery in Michoacán, Mexico. Use life affects discard rate, which affects assemblage size and composition, which affect inferences to social context of production, occupation span, precision and validity of seriation, and other things. Use life is not so trivial or tedious as it may seem but instead is a vital concern in any intelligent archaeological analysis of pottery
Archaeology · Ethnoarchaeology · Ethnography · Geography · Pottery · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |