List of Figures / xi
List of Tables / xvii
Foreword by Eleanor Wake / xxi
Preface / xxiii
Acknowledgments / xxvii
Chapter 1: Introduction / 1
Paradigms of Pottery and Social Change / 2
The Limits of Ethnographic Analogy / 17
Collecting Data in the Field / 21
Data Reduction and Analysis / 24
The Plan of the Book / 27
Chapter 2: How Have the Population and Organization of
Potters Changed? / 31
The Social Context / 33
Changing Production Organization / 37
Forces of Social Continuity / 40
Forces of Social Change / 65
Social Change and Increased Production-unit Size / 78
Conclusion / 88
Chapter 3: How Have Demand and Consumption Changed? / 93
Demand and Cultural Evolution / 94
Demand from Traditional Uses of Pottery / 95
New Demand and New Uses of Pottery / 113
Cycles of Demand and Their Changes / 119
Quantitative Measures of Change in Demand / 120
Conclusion / 121
Chapter 4: How Has Distribution of the Pottery Changed? / 127
Changes in Transportation Infrastructure / 128
Changes in the Types of Distribution / 133
Vertical Integration / 148
Conclusion / 150
Chapter 5: How Has Clay Procurement Changed? / 153
Under What Conditions Does Clay Procurement Change? / 154
How Do Changes in Clay Procurement Affect Procurement
Organization? / 170
A Surrogate Measure of Production Intensity / 180
Procurement Intensity, Organization, and Production-unit Size / 183
Do Changing Clay Sources Reflect Evolutionary Social Change? / 184
Chapter 6: How Has Temper Procurement Changed? / 191
Changes in Temper for Cooking Pottery / 192
Changes in Temper for Non-cooking Pottery / 193
A Surrogate Measure of Production Intensity / 215
Control and Access to Temper Sources / 218
Conclusion / 218
Chapter 7: How Has Composition of the Pottery Fabric Changed? / 221
Behavioral Changes in Paste Preparation / 222
Changes in Paste Composition over Time / 226
Conclusion / 227
Chapter 8: How Has the Forming Technology Changed? / 229
Why Were New Fabrication Techniques Adopted? / 232
Changes in Forming Technology / 237
Choosing a Technique / 265
Changing Explanations of Dimensional Variability / 265
Conclusion / 272
Chapter 9: How Has Firing Technology Changed? / 281
Changes in the Procurement and Use of Fuel / 282
Changes in Kiln-making Technology / 284
Task Segmentation and Specialization in Firing / 286
Changes in Kiln Sizes and Their Distribution among Potters / 302
Conclusion / 304
Chapter 10: Conclusion / 309
Summary of Changes / 311
The Conservative Nature of Household Production / 314
Efficiency / 318
Paradigms: Social Change and Specialization / 319
References Cited / 327
Index / 345
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