Ancient Maya Pottery - (Maya Studies) by James John Aimers (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A volume of classification, interpretation, and analysis of Maya pottery using the type: variety-mode approach, exploring how communities in the region interacted through the lens of ceramic exchange.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>"Aimers has brought together leading Maya ceramicists who provide their candid views on how they classify pottery. This volume is of particular theoretical strength for the discussion on terminology in classification, both for critically evaluating the type-variety system and for general classification of pottery."--Heather McKillop, author of <i>Salt</i></p><p>"At last, we have the opportunity to learn the potential strengths as well as the pitfalls of a single method for the study of the prehistoric Maya."--Fred Valdez Jr., coeditor of <i>Ancient Maya Commoners</i></p><p>"An intriguing journey through an analytical technique that is foundational to building deep and complex histories yet is deployed with a flexibility that some accept and others question."--Patricia A. McAnany, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill</p><p>"Aimers has pulled together a series of theoretical, methodological, and substantive papers by prominent Maya ceramicists that evaluate the development, current utility, and limitations of the type-variety method."--E. Wyllys Andrews, Tulane University</p><p>The ancient Maya produced a broad range of ceramics that has attracted concerted scholarly attention for over a century. Pottery sherds--the most abundant artifacts recovered from sites--reveal much about artistic expression, religious ritual, economic systems, cooking traditions, and cultural exchange in Maya society. <p/>Today, nearly every Maya archaeologist uses the type-variety classificatory framework for studying sherd collections. This impressive volume brings together many of the archaeologists signally involved in the analysis and interpretation of ancient Maya ceramics and represents new findings and state-of-the-art thinking. The result is a book that serves both as a valuable resource for archaeologists involved in pottery classification, analysis, and interpretation and as an illuminating exploration of ancient Mayan culture.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A substantive compendium of analyses of Maya ceramics from different parts of the Maya area. . . . Other areas of the world can benefit from the kind of reflexivity and thoughtfulness about ceramic analysis found in this volume."--<i>Journal of Anthropological Research</i><br><br><br>"A very significant contribution to ceramic studies and especially pottery from sites from the Maya Lowlands. It is nearly 30 years since a similar compendium has been assembled. . . . Aimers has established a new benchmark."--<i>SAS Bulletin</i><br><br><br>"Does a nice job of covering the Maya world, showcasing some of the most important ceramicists and their efforts. . . . Another worthy addition to the Maya Studies series."--<i>Latin American Antiquity</i><br><br><br>"Take[s] us to the heart of archaeological analysis by closely examining methods of ceramic analysis and of the type-variety system."--<i>Reviews in Anthropology</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>James Aimers, associate professor of anthropology at the State University of New York, Geneseo, is author of <i>Cultural Change on a Temporal and Spatial Frontier</i>.
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