Pottery and People : A Dynamic Interaction

List of Figures vii List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii Pottery and People 1(8) James M. Skibo The Chaco-Chuska Connection: In Defense of Anna Shepard 9(16) James B. Stoltman Socialization in American Southwest Pottery Decoration 25(19) Patricia L. Crown Standardization and Specialization: What's the Link? 44(15) William Longacre Advantages and Disadvantages of Vertical-Half Molding Technology: Implications for Production Organization 59(22) Dean E. Arnold Rethinking our Assumptions: Economic Specialization at the Household Scale in Ancient Ejutla, Oaxaca, Mexico 81(18) Gary M. Feinman Ceramics and Social Contexts of Food Consumption in the Northern Southwest 99(16) Barbara J. Mills Levels of Complexity: Ceramic Variability at Vijayanagara 115(22) Carla M. Sinopoli Finely Crafted Ceramics and Distant Lands: Classic Mixtequilla 137(22) Barbara L. Stark Tecomates, Residential Mobility, and Early Formative Occupation in Coastal Lowland Mesoamerica 159(12) Philip J. Arnold III Exploring the Origins of Pottery on the Colorado Plateau 171(13) James M. Skibo Eric Blinman ``Looking Up'' at Early Ceramics in Greece 184(15) Karen D. Vitelli A Behavioral Theory of Meaning 199(20) Michael Brian Schiffer References Cited 219(36) Index 255(4) Contributors 259