MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02707cam a2200361 i 4500
001 2012037613
003 DLC
005 20150821080825.0
008 120928s2013 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012037613
020 $a9781107008748 (hardback)
020 $a9781107401303 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aCC79.5.P6$bO78 2013
082 00 $a930.1/0285$223
084 $aSOC003000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aOrton, Clive,$d1944-$eauthor.
245 10 $aPottery in archaeology /$cClive Orton, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Michael Hughes, The British Museum.
250 $aSecond Edition.
264 1 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $axx, 340 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c27 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCambridge manuals in archaeology
520 $a"This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of the many different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery. It describes the scientific and quantitative techniques that are now available to the archaeologist, and assesses their value for answering a range of archaeological questions. It provides a manual for the basic handling and archiving of excavated pottery so that it can be used as a basis for further studies. The whole is set in the historical context of the ways in which archaeologists have sought to gain evidence from pottery and continue to do so. There are case studies of several approaches and techniques, backed up by an extensive bibliography"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [291]-328) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. History and Potential: 1. History of pottery studies; 2. The potential of pottery as archaeological evidence; Part II. Practicalities: A Guide to Pottery Processing and Recording: 3. Integration with research designs; 4. Life in the pot shed; 5. Fabric analysis; 6. Classification of form and decoration; 7. Illustration; 8. Pottery archives; 9. Publication; Part III. Themes in Ceramic Studies: 10. Making pottery; 11. Archaeology by experiment; 12. Craft specialisation and standardisation of production; 13. Pottery fabrics; 14. Form; 15. Quantification; 16. Chronology; 17. Production and distribution; 18. Pottery and function; 19. Assemblages and sites; Conclusion: the future of pottery studies.
650 0 $aPottery.
650 0 $aArchaeology$xMethodology.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aHughes, Mike,$d1944-$eauthor.