Tarascan pottery production in Michoacán, Mexico an ethnoarchaeological perspective / Eduardo Williams.

Author/creator Williams, Eduardo
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Purépecha pottery--Mexico. --Michoacán de Ocampo.
Pottery industry--Mexico. --Michoacán de Ocampo.
Indians of Mexico--Mexico. --Michoacán de Ocampo.
Michoacán de Ocampo (Mexico)--Social life and customs.

SeriesArchaeopress Archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology. ^A1259174
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. I Introduction -- Overview of Pottery Production in Mesoamerica and Other Areas -- Historical Background of Ceramic Studies in Mesoamerica -- Household Production in Ancient Mesoamerica -- ch. II Ethnoarchaeology: Archaeology as Anthropology -- The Cultural-Historical Approach in Mesoamerican Archaeology -- The Processual Approach and the `New Archaeology' -- Discussion -- Final Remarks -- ch. III Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology and Ceramic Ecology in Western Mexico -- Ceramic Ecology in Teponahuasco, Jalisco -- Pottery Production in Teponahuasco -- Climate as a Limiting Factor for Pottery Manufacture -- Implications for Archaeology -- Final Remarks -- Pottery Production in Huancito, Michoacan: Ethnoarchaeology and Ceramic Ecology -- Geographic and Cultural Background -- Huancito, a Community of Potters -- Organization of Ceramic Production -- Processes of Change and Persistence in a Ceramic Tradition
Contents Archaeological Implications -- Pottery Manufacture and the Use of Domestic Space -- Potting Activities in Spatial Contexts -- Archaeological Correlates -- The Structure of Spatial Organization -- Lessons to be Learned -- Tarascan Pottery-Firing Technology: Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence -- Firing Pots in the Open in Michoacan -- Archaeological Implications -- Final Remarks -- ch. IV Tarascan Pottery as a Strategic Resource in the Protohistoric Period (ca. AD 1450-1530) -- Synthesis of Pre-Hispanic Tarascan Culture -- The West-Mexican Postclassic Period -- Pre-Hispanic Urbanization at Tzintzuntzan -- Residential Areas -- Manufacturing Zones -- Public Zones -- Pottery Production, Trade and Use: Ethnoarchaeology and Ethnohistory -- Pottery Production, Trade and Use in the Tarascan Area -- Pottery Production and Exchange in the Lake Patzcuaro Basin -- The Strategic Role of Pottery in Subsistence Activities -- Salt Making
Contents Pulque Production -- Production of Tesguino and Other Alcoholic Beverages -- Ixtle- and Cotton-Fiber Spinning -- Fishing -- Final Remarks -- ch. V Summary and General Conclusions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-170).
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LCCN 2017393759
ISBN1784916730 (paperback)
ISBN9781784916732 (paperback)

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