Post-Fire Incisions on Wari Pottery
Author(s): Barbara Wolff
Year: 2018
Summary
Whole ceramic vessels and sherds incised after firing are known from Middle Horizon sites in the Wari heartland and periphery, associated with offering, burial and ceramic production contexts. Incisions include a wide variety of forms and have been interpreted as graffiti, makers or owners marks, and score marks to control breakage. The presence and forms of post-fired incisions were recorded during inventory of all ceramics excavated at Huari by the Huari Urban Prehistory Program in 2017. Their motifs, vessels and contexts are described and compared with finds from Conchopata in Wari’s Ayacucho heartland, Tenehaha in Arequipa, and other published examples. Significant attributes and a typology to facilitate further study are proposed.
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Post-Fire Incisions on Wari Pottery. Barbara Wolff. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 445247)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
South America: Andes
Spatial Coverage
min long: -82.441; min lat: -56.17 ; max long: -64.863; max lat: 16.636 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 22423