Pottery analysis: a sourcebook

Contents

Pottery and its history -- Clays : origin and definitions -- Plasticity : the clay/water system -- Non-clay constituents -- Drying and shrinkage -- Changes in clays with heat -- Glazes -- Manufacture -- Surface enhancements -- Firing -- Exchange and household provisioning -- Methods and theories -- Classifications -- Characterization -- Quantification and sampling collections -- Color -- Mineral and chemical composition -- Physical and mechanical stresses -- Thermal behavior -- Production I : location -- Production II : organization -- Production III : the products -- Archaeothermometry -- Style and social interaction -- Functions and forms -- The humility of things.