Investigating Ceramic Standardization at Bombon Church, Philippines

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster presents a preliminary report on the investigation of ceramic standardization at Bombon Church in Camarines Sur, Philippines, spanning different time periods. Bicol is recognized as one of the few regions in the Philippines where year-round, extensive wet-rice agriculture was practiced even before the pre-Hispanic era. While agricultural intensification is acknowledged as a key factor driving craft specialization in other parts of the Philippines, various case studies have indicated that foreign contact and colonial pressures can have varying impacts on the organization of ceramic manufacturing and, consequently, standardization.

Using ceramic standardization as a proxy indicator of craft specialization, this poster presentation delves into the possibility of identifying changes in standardization over time among the ceramics found at Bombon Church, Camarines Sur. Additionally, it seeks to determine whether these trends indicate shifts in craft production practices. To assess the degree of morphological standardization of earthenware ceramics at Bombon Church, we carefully selected ceramic rim sherds from the site’s assemblage for thorough morphological analysis. Subsequently, we utilized statistical analysis to examine measurements related to the physical characteristics of these sherds, aiming to pinpoint changes in the level of standardization within the assemblage across different time periods.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39804.0