Pottery in archaeology / Clive Orton, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Michael Hughes, The British Museum.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge manuals in archaeologyPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Edition: Second EditionDescription: xiv, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmISBN:

9781107008748 (hardback)
9781107401303 (paperback)

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930.10285 23 ORT

Contents:

Part 1. History of Potential Studies Part 2. Practicalities: A guide to Pottery Processing and Recording

Summary: "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"--

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General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	930.10285 ORT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		40986

Part 1. History of Potential Studies Part 2. Practicalities: A guide to Pottery Processing and Recording

"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"--

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-328) and index.

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