Ceramic Research is Alive and Well
Author(s): Robert Hunter
Year: 2016
Summary
Ceramic research continues to be a mainstay of historical archaeology endeavors. In spite of years of the so-called quantitative approaches to ceramic analyses including mean dating, South’s pattern analysis, and most recently the DAACS’s recording methodology, the basics of identifying specific potters and their products is alive and well. Writing the story of American ceramics is a regional undertaking. It requires historical research, excavation, material science, study of antique objects, and comparative research with museum curators, auction houses, collectors, and advocational "diggers". Social media has revitalized these tasks and it’s an exciting time for those who are writing the history of American ceramics.
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Ceramic Research is Alive and Well. Robert Hunter. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 435032)
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Keywords
General
Archaeology
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Ceramics
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Pottery
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1600-1900
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 301