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dc.contributor.authorFalconer, Steven E.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-25T00:42:56Z
dc.date.available2010-08-25T00:42:56Z
dc.date.issued1981
dc.identifier.issn0275-3553
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/110277
dc.description.abstractA primary research concern of archaeologists is the explanation of social change. Since archaeologists must deal with change as it is manifested in the variability of material culture, it is not surprising that special attention has been given to studies of pottery, one of the most abundant forms of archaeological evidence, and one most sensitive to temporal change. Unfortunately, interpretations of changing pottery repertoires have usually failed to consider the socioeconomic factors which also may be responsible for ceramic variation. This has been notably true when trends of change are judged to be "degenerative." A study of ceramic change in the 'Ubaid and Uruk periods of Mesopotamia illustrates how "degeneration" can be correlated with the development of complex societies in the region.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Arizona, Department of Anthropologyen_US
dc.titleRethinking Ceramic Degeneration: An Ancient Mesopotamian Case Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.journalAtlatlen_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-21T19:25:28Z
html.description.abstractA primary research concern of archaeologists is the explanation of social change. Since archaeologists must deal with change as it is manifested in the variability of material culture, it is not surprising that special attention has been given to studies of pottery, one of the most abundant forms of archaeological evidence, and one most sensitive to temporal change. Unfortunately, interpretations of changing pottery repertoires have usually failed to consider the socioeconomic factors which also may be responsible for ceramic variation. This has been notably true when trends of change are judged to be "degenerative." A study of ceramic change in the 'Ubaid and Uruk periods of Mesopotamia illustrates how "degeneration" can be correlated with the development of complex societies in the region.


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