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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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- Ceramic technology
- Exchange and transfers
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000-600 BP (AD 1000-1400)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- the Southwest; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael W. Graves
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93036796
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- 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