Orton C., Tyers P., Vince A. Pottery in archaeology

— Cambridge, 1993. - 280 р.

Монография посвященная изучению керамики в археологии.

Contents

Part I History and potential

History of pottery studies
Introduction
The art-historical phase
The typological phase
The contextual phase
Parallel themes - ethnography
Parallel themes - technology
Parallel themes - scientific methods
Parallel themes - quantification

The potential of pottery as arhaeological evidence
Aims
The 'big three' - evidence for date, trade and function or status
Manufacture and technology
Sherds in the soil
The playground of ideas
Implications for practice

Part II Practicalities: a guide to pottery and recording

Integration with research designs

Life in the pot shed
Introduction
Setting up base
Collection policy and practice
Initial processing
Equipment
Retrieval procedures
Cleaning and drying
Initial recording and processing
Initial viewing and spot-dating
Sorting
Physical reconstruction
Cataloguing
Computers in pottery research
To keep or not to keep

Fabric analysis
Introduction
Equipment
Firing characteristics
Inclusions
The matrix
Creating and using a fabric type-series

Classification of form and decoratin
Introduction
Uses of form data
Creating and using a form type-series
Describing shapes
Vessels and sherds

Illustration
Introduction
The purpose of illustrations
Drawing pottery
Photography

Pottery archives
Introduction
Uses of archives
Practical issues

Publication
Introduction
Purpose of report
Layout of report
Indexing and correlation
Minimum standards of publication
Microfiche and microtype, computer media
Pottery specialists do it on their own
Summary

Part III Themes in ceramic studies

Makins pottery
Raw materials for pottery manufacture
Clay preparation
Forming
Surface treatments
Drying
Firing

Pottery fabrics
Why look at fabrics?
Visual examination
Penological analysis
Compositional analysis
Comparison between techniques

Form
Approaches to the classification of shape
The type-series approach
Formal classification systems
Measurement-based classification
Geometric shapes
The envelope system 1
Mathematical curves as descriptions of shape
Classification of manufacturing stages

Quantification
Introduction
The sampling basis
Uses of comparisons of assemblages
Assessment of measures
Practicalities
Are the assemblages really different?
How big should an assemblage be?
Case studies
Spin-offs
Case study
Discussion

Chronolog
Introduction
Pinning down dates
Bringing the evidence together
Seriation
A case study
Summary

Production abd distribution
Information content of distribution
Distribution of artefact types
Sources of supply to a site
The identification of source from distribution

Assemblages and sites
Pottery life-expectancy
Sherd-links
Field survey data
Sherds after burial
The role of quantification

Pottery and function
Individual vessel function
Function, production and distribution
Symbolic meaning
Conclusion: The future of pottery studies