Ceramic Analysis, Typology (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lewis Borck. Corinne L. Hofman. Manfred Schäfer. Angus A. A. Mol. Daniel Weidele.

This paper uses the Nexus 1492 database, built over approximately 30 years of fieldwork, to examine ceramic attribute variability throughout the Antillean Islands. Regional ceramic analyses often focus on the construction of ceramic typologies that are then used to compare typological proportions, differences, and similarities at various spatial resolutions across temporal periods. Long-standing critiques of the use of typologies and taxonomies in archaeology (sensu Brew 1946; Gnecco and...