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Community boundaries in late prehistoric Puebloan society: Kalinga ethnoarchaeology as a model for the Southwestern production and exchange of pottery

ancient southwestern community : models and methods for the study of prehistoric social organization • Albuquerque • Published In 1994 • Pages: 149-169

By: Graves, Michael W..

Abstract

Graves uses ethnographic data from the Kalinga in the Philippines to illuminate pottery production and exchange. Part of the problem is that archaeologists use ceramics to identify cultural boundaries, but ceramic distribution creates two boundaries. The smaller boundary is the social group that produces the pottery and the larger boundary indicates area the pottery was exchanged in. Graves examines who makes the pottery, who exchanges it and with whom, and what happens when the potter notices alternative designs. In the Southwest there is a 'reduction in style zones and an increase in regional stylistic homogeneity that [is] also a social phenomenon.'(page 165).

HRAF PubDate

2012

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2011

Field Date

not specified

Coverage Date

1000-600 BP (AD 1000-1400)

Coverage Place

the Southwest; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States

Notes

Michael W. Graves

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169)

LCCN

93036796

LCSH

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Pottery--Maps