Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
In the Andean and Amazonian regions, ceramic studies play a prominent role in the definition of ancient societies and their relationships, although a large part of this research was mainly focused on typological studies to build the current chronocultural sequences. Nonetheless, over the last decades ceramic technological studies have become more and more significant and now encompass a wide range of approaches such as archaeometric analyses to determine the composition of pastes and pigments, and the provenance of the materials; experimental research and ethnoarchaeological studies to create comparative frames of reference; or works based on the study of the macroscopic and microscopic traces of manufacture to define the methods and techniques of shaping. But what these analyses have in common is their attempt to switch from a more traditional morphostylistic description of pottery to an understanding of the identity of potters and the social, economic, cultural, and political contexts in which they were involved. This session brings together experts in Andean and Amazonian ceramic technology to discuss research and recent advances in this field and account for the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches and the sociocultural issues that can be addressed from these studies.
Other Keywords
Ceramic Analysis •
Material Culture and Technology •
Craft Production •
Archaeometry & Materials Analysis: Ceramic Petrography •
Archaeometry & Materials Analysis •
Andes: Late Horizon •
Ethnography •
Ceramics •
Archaeology •
Ceramic Technology
Geographic Keywords
Republic of Peru (Country) •
Republic of Panama (Country) •
Republic of Colombia (Country) •
Republic of Ecuador (Country) •
South America (Continent) •
Netherlands Antilles (Country) •
Aruba (Country) •
Republic of Chile (Country) •
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Country) •
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Country)
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Advances in Technological Studies of Northern Chile Ceramics: Petrography and Geochemistry of Fabrics and Paintings (Iluga Túmulos, Tarapacá) (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Over the last decades, ceramic research in the region of Tarapacá has nourished our comprehension on past societies. First, pottery has played a key-role in defining chrono-cultural periods of the south-central Andes. Second, archaeometric studies have allowed to discuss these social, cultural, political, and economic...
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Castillo Decorated Ceramics as Boundaries Objects: A Reappraisal of the Tradición Norcosteña from Ceramic Technology (North Coast of Peru, Early Intermediate Period) (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. On the northern coast of Peru and throughout the Early Intermediate period, the frequent findings of Castillo Decorated effigy vessels in Virú (200 BC–AD 600/700) and Moche (AD 100–800) contexts have led several archaeologists to consider them as a northern coastal tradition. In this sense, these ceramics would have been...
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Constructing Technical Identity among Past and Present Potters’ Communities in the Talina Valley, Southern Bolivia (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ceramic studies, particularly those based on ethnographic data, have demonstrated the relationship between technological choices and identity construction. However, this crossover can be challenging as identity is generally self-defined. This relationship is only possible if we understand technology as a social phenomenon...
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Exploring Interethnic Relations in Southern Ecuador through a Comparative Study of Ceramic Production Technologies in the Late Precolumbian Era (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. An important component of Inca statecraft involved the practice of uprooting communities from their home territories and relocating them to distant locales. Ethnohistoric documents indicate that southern Ecuador was densely populated by such transplanted populations, among whom were included specialists dedicated to state...
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Introduction to the Session with a Review of Past Ceramic Technological Studies in the Andes and the Amazon (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. As an introduction to this session on technological studies of Andean and Amazonian ceramics, we will briefly review previous research orientations in the field leading to the present investigations and advances in ceramic studies, both archaeometric and technological, in Latin America.
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The Origin of the Amazonian Ceramic Diversity Seen from the Monte Castelo Shell Mound (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. In this presentation we will bring the latest archeological data from the Monte Castelo shell mound, one of the most important ceramic sites of the Amazon. Some of the oldest ceramics of the continent are found there and in this symposium the characteristics about the emergence of Bacabal phase and the new data about the...
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Petrographic and Technological Analysis of Ancient Polychrome Ceramics from Upper Madeira River, Amazonia (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Several researchers have been showing that the southwestern Amazon is a center of cultural innovation and diversity in lowlands South America. Archaeological studies carried out in the last decades have also revealed that the region has ancient centers of ceramic production. At the upper Madeira River, southwest Amazonia,...
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Precolonial Ceramic Tradition and Cariban Language Family in Amazonia: Do They Match? (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The origins and the dispersal of the most widespread language families in the world is one of the enduring problems that bring together archaeology, linguistics, and genetics. In Amazonia, archaeological research has tentatively associated ceramic traditions (grouping different technological styles) and the expansion of...
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Preliminary Results of an Integrated Approach for the Study of Ceramic Vessels of Fishing Communities in Prehispanic Huanchaco, North Coast of Peru (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The archaeology of Peru has been dominated by the study of ceramics through the lenses of culture-history approach, which emphasize form, decoration, and style. These variables were successfully applied to identify archaeological cultures and chronological periods. Subsequently, this approach helped to organize the...
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Reconstructing Technological Traditions and Interaction in the Precolonial Middle Orinoco: Ceramics in Mono- and Multiethnic Communities in the Amazon Basin (AD 1000–1500) (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Ceramic analyzes in precolonial archaeological sites in the Orinoco followed cultural history and ecological and evolutionary frameworks. However, the co-occurrence of different ceramic styles within common periods in multicomponent sites was not fully addressed, sometimes assuming it was the result of trade or from...
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State Control of Production and Distribution of Inka-Style Pottery in the Southern Border of Tawantinsuyu (Inka State) (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This study aims to identify the nature and degree of state control over the production and distribution of Inka-style ceramics in Aconcagua Valley and Maipo-Mapocho basin (Central Chile) during the Late Period (AD 1400–1536) and what role the Diaguita may have played in this process. The analysis focuses mainly on aríbalos...
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Surviving Traditions: Pottery with Freshwater Tree Sponge Spicules (Cauixí) in the Great Tectonic Lakes of Exaltation of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivia (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "Andean and Amazonian Ceramics: Advances in Technological Studies" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The ethnic and linguistic diversity of the southwestern Amazon is one of the greatest in the world. This diversity is reflected in settlement patterns, types of monuments, spatial planning and use, cultivation techniques, and also in ceramic production. From AD 400 to the present, numerous ethnic groups of the Llanos de...