Understanding Standardization and Variation in Mediterranean Ceramics: Mid 2nd to Late 1st Millennium BC

Neuausgabe 2014
ISBN: 978-90-429-3091-9
Verlag: PEETERS PUB

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 745 g

Reihe: Babesch Supplementa

This volume is designed as a wide-ranging analysis of ceramic

standardization and variation, and as a contribution to pottery studies

in the Mediterranean and beyond. It originates in a conference session

at the 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists

which was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, and was organized by the

research team of the project New Perspectives on Ancient Pottery

(NPAP) of the Amsterdam Archaeological Centre, University of Amsterdam.

Some of the most enduring questions archaeologists raise are explicitly

or implicitly formulated around the concepts of standardization and

variation. Yet, the significance of these concepts has rarely been

acknowledged in archaeological literature and their full potential for

the study of ancient culture remains under-explored. To demonstrate the

significance of these concepts for the study of material culture, we

adopt here a cross-cultural and diachronic perspective. The individual

chapters cover a variety of case studies, ranging from Spanish handmade

pottery to John Beazley's Greek vase painters. The range of approaches

pursued is equally broad and involves traditional stylistic analyses,

applications of archaeological science, statistical methodologies, and

post-processual considerations. The result will hopefully stimulate

pottery experts and specialists in other categories of artifacts to

revisit their material from different and fresh angles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kotsonas, A.

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