Overview
- Builds on the research presented in Pottery Function, a 1992 publication by the same author
- Includes numerous case studies by the author
- Manual includes numerous illustrations to facilitate pottery analysis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique (MATT)
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“James Skibo’s volume, Understanding Pottery Function, is a well-written and well-researched foray into the complex study of vessel use. … Skibo demonstrates through a number of case studies how fruitful partnerships between archeologists and chemists might be formed … . Case studies, in turn, form an integral part of this book and are one of its most pronounced strengths. … this book is a stand-alone beginners’ guide for determining vessel function … .” (Joshua R. Lieto, North American Archaeologist, Vol. 35 (2), 2014)
“Understanding Pottery Function builds on Skibo’s original 1992 book, Pottery Function. … I have no doubt that on reading this volume archaeologists will find that they look at pottery in a completely different light. It will provide them with a means to answer long-debated and seemingly unanswerable questions and also inspire them to ask new ones. Undoubtedly this volume will become a standard point of reference for pottery specialists. I certainly will return to it time and time again.” (Gareth Perry, Assemblage the Sheffield graduate journal of archaeology, November, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
James M. Skibo is a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Illinois State University and the 2012 recipient of the Society for American Archaeology’s Award for Excellence in Ceramic Analysis. Besides his ethnoarchaeological work in the Philippines he has conducted research in the American Southwest and he currently works in the Great Lakes and directs the Grand Island Archaeological Project.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Pottery Function
Authors: James M. Skibo
Series Title: Manuals in Archaeological Method, Theory and Technique
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4199-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4198-4Published: 15 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9611-3Published: 23 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4199-1Published: 15 August 2012
Series ISSN: 1571-5752
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 192
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology