Ceramic Theory and Cultural Process

Description

Author: Arnold, Dean E.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (London, England)

Pub Date: 1985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Fair. Binding tight.  No tears, bends, folds.  Previous owner’s bookplate on front pastedown.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  Edge and corner wear.

Notes:  “…why does pottery making develop in an area and why does it evolve into a full-time craft?” (page x)  Arnold uses his fieldwork in Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico as the basis for trying to understand how ceramics affect a community specifically and a culture generally.  How climate, agriculture, geology, and geography also affect pottery makers and their products.  Uses systems analysis to “verify” his theories.  Lots of archaeo-speak here.  Lew Binford would be proud.