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Use Technologies: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Kalinga Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Meredith Aronson ,
James M. Skibo  and
Miriam Stark
Meredith Aronson
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Department of Materials Science, Tucson, AZ 85721
James M. Skibo
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, Tucson, AZ 85721
Miriam Stark
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology, Tucson, AZ 85721
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Abstract

It is difficult to assess the relative importance of technical and non-technical factors in inferring modes of technological decision-making in prehistory. Examination of pottery use technology among the Kalinga using both ethnoarchaeological material and laboratory analysis demonstrates the importance of not only technical (physical properties or functional), but also behavioral or social aspects of technological choices. Kalinga consumers may select pots for functional superiority, or for reasons of village allegiance. Explaining the resulting pattern in the material record requires attention to both technical and behavioral aspects of the pottery technology.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990 , 415
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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