My ethnoarchaeological experience among the Kalinga changed forever the way I look at
pottery. When I pick up a vessel and see the patterns of soot, I can also smell the smoky …

In the past two decades, the study of craft production has emerged as a major focus of
archaeological research, integrating interests in technology, material culture, daily activities …

Theory in North American archaeology is characterized in terms of foci and approaches
manifested in research issues, rather than in explicit or oppositional theoretical positions …

Ancient Israel did not emerge within a vacuum but rather came to exist alongside various
peoples, including Canaanites, Egyptians, and Philistines. Indeed, Israel's very proximity to …

The study of the human-made world, whether it is called artifacts, material culture, or
technology, has burgeoned across the academy. Archaeologists have for cen-ries led the …

Ongoing debates over the significance of specialized production in ancient political
economies frequently hinge on questions of whether elites or commoners controlled craft …

The last decade has seen a surge in ceramic ethnoarchaeological studies worldwide,
covering such important topics as ceramic production, technological change, ceramic use …

2 1 Introduction agree on any single scheme for faunal successions, and, secondly, instead
of using presence-absence of species, Lartet used the relative abundance of species. How …

The pithos is one of the most distinctive utilitarian forms of the Cretan Bronze Age ceramic
repertoire. Because of its use as a storage container, a pithos is the foremost parameter for …

Loney's (2000) recent paper claims that American archaeologists have paid scant attention
to the study of technological, especially ceramic, change. We argue that, in fact, interest in …