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Palladius, 182, 183
Paper, 66, 72, 75
Papua New Guinea, see New Guinea
Parsons, Jeffrey R. and
Mary H. Parsons, 86–88
Pecking, see Stone, Pulverizing
Percussion, see Stone, Percussion; Sculpted
organics, Percussion
Persian Gulf, 169, 170, 171, see also
Mesopotamia; Western Asia
Petrography, 26, 104
Pfaffenburger, Brian, 6
Piel-Desruisseaux, Jean-Luc, 90
Piggott, Vince C., 145, 154
Pigment, 108, 111, 112, 119–120, 136,
144, 147–148, 213, 230, 231, see also
Clay, Painting; Clay, Surface treatment;
Color
Plant ash, see Flux, Vitreous silicates,
Plant ash
Plaster, 45, 102, 205, 206, 230
Plog, Stephen, 228, 233–235
Ply, 74, see also Fiber, Strand production
Polishing (production technique),
see Stone, Abrading
Political system, 64, 168, 173, 179–180,
206–209, 212, 213, 218, 226, 227, 233,
234, 235, 236, 245
Pollarding (production technique), 70, 92, 95
Polychrome, 121
Polynesia, 39
Porcelain, 43, 102, 104, 105, 107, 109, 119,
121, 127, 128, 133, 190, 206, 226, 239,
see also Clay
Possehl, Gregory L., 208–209
Post-processual archaeology, see Archaeology,
Theoretical approaches
Potash-lime vitreous silicate, 132–133, 137
Pot-rest, see Turning tools
Potter (producer), 104, 106, 109, 112, 114,
115, 116, 117, 126, 127, 128, 188–190,
240, see also Clay; Pottery; Producer
Potter’s wheel, see Turning tools
Pottery, 23, 26, 44–45, 102, 103–128, 136,
137, 138, 142, 143, 172, 173, 186,
188–191, 205, 216, 237, 238, 242, 245,
see also Clay; Firing structures, Clay
Practice, 4, 9, 10, 232
Preservation, 16, 20, 22, 89, 98, 102
Prestige, see Status
Primary flake, see Stone, Primary flake
Processual archaeology, see Archaeology,
theoretical approaches
Producer (craftsperson), 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 30,
35–39, 51, 61, 82, 85, 91, 103, 109, 112,
128, 129, 135–136, 141, 149, 151, 154,
157–158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 173, 178,
185–191, 194–195, 201, 214, 225,
230–231, 234, 238, see also Potter
Product
by-product, 16, 29, 46, 112, 154–155, 211,
see also Debris
end-product or product, 16, 29, 46, 104,
121, 126, 127, 132, 144, 154, 158,
159, 162, 187, 200, 227–228, 231, 234,
see also Classification, Product-based
semi-finished, 11, 50, 159, 162, 199,
242–245, see also Stone, Blank;
Metal, Ingot
Production
area, see Production, Location
choice, see Technology, Choice
complexity, see Complexity of production
control of, 18, 47, 109, 148, 179–180,
187–188, 214, 242, 245
definition of, 4–5, 42
expediency, 100, 136, 157, 163, 195,
198–199
location; 15, 19, 20, 23–25, 27, 43, 99, 159,
162, 186, 187, 188, 194, 211, 216, 234,
242, see also Segregation of production
process, 3, 4–5, 11, 29–30, 35–36, 39,
42–43, 101–103, 124, 130, 168, 182,
189–190, 193, 194–195, 196, 198, 205,
213, 214–217, 227–228, 230–232, 234,
240–241, 242–245, see also
Organization of production
clay, 103–128
diagram, 29–30, 48, 69, 91, 108, 131,
137, 146, 242–244
fiber, 65–89
metal, 144–165
sculpted organics (antler, bone, horn,
ivory, shell, wood), 89–100
stone, 47–61
vitreous silicates (faience, glass, glazes),
128–144, 211
scale of, 64, 85, 99, 117, 14, 186–190, 240,
244–245, see also Domestic;
Mass-production
sequence, 59–60, 194, 214–217, 228, 234,
see also Chaîne opératoire;
Production, Process
time, 213
tradition, see Tradition