TY - BOOK AU - López Varela,Sandra L. ED - Archaeopress, TI - Innovative approaches and explorations in ceramic studies SN - 1784917370 AV - GN433 U1 - 738 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Summertown, Oxford PB - Archaeopress Publishing Ltd KW - Pottery KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Previously issued in print: 2017; Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service; Cover -- Contents -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 -- Innovative Approaches and Explorations in Ceramic Studies -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Philip J. Arnold III -- Chapter 1 -- Innovative Approaches and Explorations in Ceramic Studies -- Table 1. Ceramic Ecology I-XXVII. Papers by Area of Studies and Topic presented in between 1986 and 2016 at the American Anthropological Association. (Data by Charles C. Kolb and Sandra L. López Varela) -- Chapter 2 -- What is a Ceramic Assemblage: Chronology and Belongings of the Late Classic Maya -- Sherman Horn III; Anabel Ford -- Chapter 2 -- What is a Ceramic Assemblage: Chronology and Belongings of the Late Classic Maya -- Figure 1. El Pilar and the Maya Lowlands. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 2. Jars from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955: Figure 47b) -- Figure 3. Bowls from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955: Figure 48a, 48b) -- Figure 4. Plates from Uaxactun (Figure by Ford, after Smith 1955:51b) -- Figure 5. Belize Red:Belize Red variety vessels from Barton Ramie (Gifford 1976: Figure 162) -- Figure 6. Survey Transects and Settlement in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford); Figure 7. Basic Vessel Forms in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 8. Common Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages in the El Pilar Area. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 9. Common Bowl Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 10. Common Jar Shapes in the Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 11. Common Plate Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Figure 12. Common Vase Shapes in Late Classic Assemblages. (Figure by Ford) -- Table 4. Diagnostic Late Classic Vessel Shapes by Geographic Zones. (Table by Ford) -- Chapter 3; Investigating Maya Ceramic Figurines: -- challenges to the use of non-invasive portable technologies in archived collections -- Chapter 3 -- Investigating Maya Ceramic Figurines: -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Sandra L. López Varela -- Figure 1. Map showing location of Jaina, off the coast of Campeche, Mexico, composed by López Varela, based on Google Earth -- Figure 2. On-site analysis of the ceramic figurines at the Centro INAH Campeche: (A) use of a Thermo Scientific Niton® XL3t GOLDD+ handheld XRF spectrometer; (B) Use of a FieldSpec3® spectrometer from Analytical Spectral Devices Inc. (ASD) [ UCLA-UNAM_Jai -- Figure 3. Bivariate plot of Log10 Ti (ppm) versus Cr/Rb (ppm) showing the separation of groups based on the abundances of trace elements Ti, Cr and Rb [ UCLA-UNAM_Jaina Project 2016] -- Figure 4. Bivariate plot of log10 Zr (ppm) versus Log10 Cr (ppm) showing the separation of groups based on the abundances of trace elements Zr and Cr [ UCLA-UNAM_Jaina Project 2016]; Specialized N2 - This text celebrates thirty years of Ceramic Ecology, an international symposium initiated at the 1986 American Anthropological Association. Contributions explore the application of instrumental techniques and experimental studies to analyze ceramics and follow innovative approaches to evaluate methods and theories UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2627810 ER -