Stylistic Variation in Prehistoric Ceramics - Design Analysis in the American Southwest

Klappentext Professor Plog's study provides a major contribution to archaeological method and theory and should be of interest to a broad range of archaeologists. Zusammenfassung In Stylistic Variation in Prehistoric Ceramics! the author proposes that many factors! rather than just two! cause design or stylistic variation on artifacts. He demonstrates flaws in the logic and method of previous studies and suggests that the ways in which designs have been classified and understood are often inappropriate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction to the problem; 2. The hypotheses; 3. The data base and date collection; 4. Design classification; 5. Ceramic exchange; 6. Subsistence-settlement systems and vessel form; 7. Temporal variation; 8. Theories of style and ceramic design variation; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Plog, Stephen (University of Virginia) Plog
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521070331
• ISBN: 978-0-521-07033-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous