Pottery Function

A Use-Alteration Perspective

By: James M. Skibo

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There are many ways to study pots or the sherds of pots. In this book James Skibo has focused on the surface wear and tear found on the resin-coated, low-fired cooking pots of the Kalinga people in north western Luzon. This detailed analysis is part of a much larger evalua tion of Kalinga pottery production and use by the staff members and students at the University of Arizona that has been underway since 1972. Here he has analyzed the variants among the possible residual clues on pots that have endured the stresses of having been used for cooking meat and vegetables or rice; standing on supports in the hearth fire; wall scrapings while distributing the food; being transported to the water source for thorough washing and scrubbing; followed by storage until needed again-a repetitive pattern of use. This well-controlled study made use of new pots provided for cooking purposes to one Kalinga household, as well as those pots carefully observed in other households-- 189 pots in all. Such an ethnoarchaeological approach is not unlike follOwing the course of the firing of a kiln-load of pots in other cultures, and then purchasing the entire product of this firing for analysis. Other important aspects of this Kalinga study are the chemical analysis of extracts from the ware to deduce the nature of the food cooked in them, and the experimental study of soot deposited on cooking vessels when they are in use.

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Introduction	p. 1
Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology Defined	p. 9
Ethnoarchaeology Defined	p. 12
Ethnoarchaeology as Everything	p. 14
Ethnoarchaeology: A More Restrictive Usage	p. 16
Experimental Archaeology Defined	p. 18
Controlled Laboratory Experiments	p. 21
Field Experiments	p. 22
Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology	p. 23
Ethnoarchaeological and Experimental Research	p. 24
Pottery Use Alteration	p. 31
Pottery Function	p. 33
Intended Vessel Technofunction	p. 35
Actual Vessel Technofunction	p. 38
Ceramic Alteration: A Framework	p. 42
Ceramic Alteration	p. 42
The Pottery Use-Alteration Study	p. 51
The Kalinga	p. 54
The Guina-ang Pottery Use-Alteration Study	p. 57
Kalinga Pottery	p. 60
Field Data Collection Strategy	p. 62
Kalinga Pottery Use	p. 63
Use Alteration: Absorbed Residues	p. 79
Analysis of Absorbed Residues	p. 85
Fatty Acid Chemistry	p. 86
Sampling Methods	p. 87
Results	p. 88
Fatty Acid Decomposition	p. 97
Discussion and Summary	p. 100
Recommendations for Future Research	p. 101
Use Alteration: Surface Attrition	p. 103
Ceramic Surface Attrition Defined	p. 106
Use Attrition-Abrasive Processes	p. 107
Use Attrition-Nonabrasive Processes	p. 110
Kalinga Pottery Use Attrition	p. 110
Use-Attrition Terms	p. 111
Characteristics of the Pottery Surface	p. 111
Use Attrition of Kalinga Pots	p. 113
Discussion and Summary	p. 141
Use Alteration: Carbon Deposition	p. 145
Carbon Deposits on Kalinga Vessels	p. 148
Interior Carbon Deposits	p. 148
Exterior Carbon Deposits	p. 152
Experiments on Exterior Soot Formation	p. 157
Sooting: Distance from Heat Source	p. 157
Sooting: The Role of Moisture	p. 162
Sooting: The Effect of Wood Type	p. 168
Discussion and Summary	p. 171
Concluding Comments	p. 175
Appendix A: Data Collection Forms	p. 183
Appendix B: Fatty Acid Identification	p. 185
References	p. 187
Index	p. 203
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