Ceramics of Ancient America: Multidisciplinary Approaches

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Ceramics of Ancient America
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1. A New Approach to Pre-Columbian Pottery: Introduction to the Volume
PART I. REVEALING NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL CONCEPTS THROUGH FORMAL ANALYSIS
	2. Ceramic Wares and Water Spirits: Identifying Religious Sodalities in the Lower Mississippi Valley
	3. Naturalism and Contrapposto in the Ceramics of Ancient Ecuador: Ideology and the Humanistic Trend in Ancient American Art
PART II. INVESTIGATING IDENTITY AND SOCIAL NARRATIVE THROUGH ICONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND INTERTEXTUALITY
	4. Exploring the Technology and Meaning behind Early Ceramic Figurines from the Casma Valley, Peru
	5. Emblems of Cultural Identity in Early Andean Art: Engraved Head Motifs on Cupisnique Ceramics
	6. Bodies in Both Worlds: A Preliminary Comparison of Human and Supernatural Dress in Moche Art
	7. Intertextuality in Classic Maya Ceramic Art and Writing: The Interplay of Myth and History on the Regal Rabbit Vase
PART III. SYMMETRY PATTERNS AND THEIR SOCIAL DIMENSIONS
	8. Symmetry Analysis of Step Fret Patterns on Ceramics and Other Media from Mesoamerica and the American Southwest: Continuities and Changes in a Shared Pattern System
	9. The Importance of Symmetry in Defining Caddo Relationships: A Synthesis of Perspectives
PART IV. CHARTING INNOVATION THROUGH DIACHRONIC STUDIES
	10. “Ceramic Sets” in Maya and Toltec Ceramics: The Search for Innovation and Competition in Ancient Mesoamerican Pottery Systems
	11. A Diachronic Perspective on the Prehispanic Ceramic Tradition of the Valley of Oaxaca
	12. Product Continuity and Change in Persistent Household Ceramic Production: The Tarascan Case
List of Contributors
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