Pots, Pans, and People: Material Culture and Nature in Mesoamerican Ceramics
By (author) Eduardo Williams
Paperback (Published)
(July 2024)
ISBN: 9781803278094
8.07 x 11.42 inches
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This book explores material culture and human adaptations to nature over time, with a focus on ceramics. The author also explores the role of ethnoarchaeology and ethnohistory as key elements of a broad research strategy that seeks to understand human interaction with nature over time.
Pots, Pans, and People explores material culture and human adaptations to nature over time. Material culture refers to the artifacts, tools, instruments, and other objects that people use to adapt to their environment -in this case, primarily ceramics. Cultural ecology studies the behaviors that allow people to live and thrive in a particular natural setting, as well as their knowledge (and use) of specific resources and landscapes. Williams also explores the role of ethnoarchaeology and ethnohistory as key elements of a broad research strategy that seeks to understand human interaction with nature over time.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. Material Culture and Nature: Theoretical Background
Chapter III. The Formative and Classic Periods
Chapter IV. The Early Postclassic Period
Chapter V. The Late Postclassic Period
Chapter VI. General Discussion and Conclusions
References
- By (author) Eduardo Williams
"'This comprehensive book is an important contribution that archaeologists, ceramicists, and those interested in cultural ecological approaches will want to reference. In addition, it is a good example of work anchored in the principles of processual archaeology and the promise of middle range theory and its ability to effectively connect material patterns and behavioral practices.' - Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers (2025): Ethnoarchaeology"
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'This comprehensive book is an important contribution that archaeologists, ceramicists, and those interested in cultural ecological approaches will want to reference. In addition, it is a good example of work anchored in the principles of processual archaeology and the promise of middle range theory and its ability to effectively connect material patterns and behavioral practices.' – Claudia Garcia-Des Lauriers (2025): Ethnoarchaeology
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