Stylistic Variation in Prehistoric Ceramics: Design Analysis in the American Southwest

by Stephen Plog

Book Overview

Using data drawn primarily from the American Southwest, Stephen Plog shows that there are basic problems with the methods archaeologists traditionally use to classify and analyse prehistoric pottery. Archaeologists have studied the painted designs and other stylistic (that is, non-functional) characteristics on different types of prehistoric artifacts in order to infer information about prehistoric social organization and cultural change. Such studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521070333
• ISBN13: 9780521070331
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 6.0"