The Thermal Properties of Textured Ceramics: An Experimental Study

Young, Lisa C.; Stone, Tammy

doi:10.2307/529821

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“…We propose that changes in vessel-wall texturing reflect selection for attributes that enhance a vessel's intended performance. Studies have evaluated the effects of particular forms of texturing on factors such as internal heat retention, external heat dissipation, prevention of boil over, resistance to thermal shock, and others (Pierce 2005;Schiffer 1990;Schiffer and Skibo 1987;Schiffer et al 1994;Skibo et al 1997;Young and Stone 1990). Gripability has been suggested as a potential performance characteristic by several researchers interested in ceramic performance.…”

Section: Surface Treatment and Vessel-wall Texturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the Gripability of Textured Ceramic Surfaces

Boulanger¹,

Hudson²

2012

Am. antiq.

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AbstractArchaeologists have suggested that various methods of surface texturing, specifically those resulting in alternating ridges and grooves, affect the gripability of a ceramic vessel. Various methods of vessel texturing were applied to ceramic test tiles and evaluated using a tribometer outfitted with a malleable skinlike substrate. Nontextured (smoothed) ceramic tiles were similarly evaluated. Tiles were evaluated under both dry and wet conditions. Coefficients of static friction suggest that, under wet and dry conditions, smoothed surfaces generate less friction than textured surfaces and that not all textured surfaces produce the same amount of friction. Results indicate that vessel-wall texturing may be an adaptation for increased vessel longevity. Explanations of the development and use of textured pottery must now consider gripability along with a variety of factors related to vessel performance.

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Section: Surface Treatment and Vessel-wall Texturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of the Gripability of Textured Ceramic Surfaces

Boulanger¹,

Hudson²

2012

Am. antiq.

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“…2). Studies suggest that this production method provided a number of advantages, including easier handling, better temperature control, and increased use-life (43)(44)(45). Thousands of these pots were imported into Chaco Canyon from communities dozens of miles away that produced them in large quantities (46,47).…”

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Reconstructing sexual divisions of labor from fingerprints on Ancestral Puebloan pottery

Kantner

McKinney

Pierson

et al. 2019

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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An understanding of the division of labor in different societies, and especially how it evolved in the human species, is fundamental to most analyses of social, political, and economic systems. The ability to reconstruct how labor was organized, however, especially in ancient societies that left behind few material remains, is challenged by the paucity of direct evidence demonstrating who was involved in production. This is particularly true for identifying divisions of labor along lines of age, sex, and gender, for which archaeological interpretations mostly rely upon inferences derived from modern examples with uncertain applicability to ancient societies. Drawing upon biometric studies of human fingerprints showing statistically distinct ridge breadth measurements for juveniles, males, and females, this study reports a method for collecting fingerprint impressions left on ancient material culture and using them to distinguish the sex of the artifacts’ producers. The method is applied to a sample of 985 ceramic sherds from a 1,000-y-old Ancestral Puebloan community in the US Southwest, a period characterized by the rapid emergence of a highly influential religious and political center at Chaco Canyon. The fingerprint evidence demonstrates that both males and females were significantly involved in pottery production and further suggests that the contributions of each sex varied over time and even among different social groups in the same community. The results indicate that despite long-standing assumptions that pottery production in Ancient Puebloan societies was primarily a female activity, labor was not strictly divided and instead was likely quite dynamic.

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“…Attributes identified as mechanical performance characteristics and evaluated by ceramic technology experiments include vessel surface treatments that most archaeologists regard as decoration and that are identified here as skeuomorphs. Laboratory experiments have assessed the relationship between textured pottery (i.e., fabric‐impressed, cord‐marked, dentate‐stamped, and corrugated surface treatments) and such mechanical performance characteristics as heating efficiency (Schiffer ; Young and Stone ), thermal shock resistance (Schiffer et al. ), abrasion resistance (Skibo et al.…”

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Skeuomorphs, Pottery, and Technological Change

Blitz

2015

American Anthropologist

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Skeuomorphs are copies of prototype artifacts replicated in different physical materials in the derivative objects. The skeuomorph copy may or may not have a utilitarian function, and the original function of the prototype attribute may change or become less functional with successive copying. Because skeuomorphs are an imitation of the prototype model, they are iconic representations. Archaeological examples of pottery vessel skeuomorphs are presented and interpreted with evidence from ethnography, psychology, and modern material culture. This review lends support to the proposal that skeuomorphism is a causal factor in technological change. Skeuomorphs facilitate acceptance of innovations in artifacts by (1) materializing the pre-existing familiar value of prototypes as attributes transferred to unfamiliar derivative objects; (2) evoking positive social memories associated with the prototype; and (3) creating broader scales of value by creating novel variants of similar objects. [skeuomorph, pottery, technological change]RESUMEN Los esqueumorfos son copias de los artefactos prototipos replicados en materiales físicos diferentes en los objetos derivativos. La copia esqueumorfa puede o no tener una función utilitaria, y la función original del atributo prototipo puede cambiar o llegar a ser menos funcional con copiado sucesivo. Debido a que esqueumorfos son una imitación del modelo prototipo, ellos son representaciones icónicas. Ejemplos arqueológicos de vasos de cerámicas esqueumorfas son presentados e interpretados con evidencia de etnografía, psicología, y cultura material moderna.Con esta revisión, presté apoyo a la propuesta que esqueumorfismo es un factor causal en cambio tecnológico. Los esqueumorfos facilitan la aceptación de las innovaciones en artefactos al (1) materializar el preexistente valor familiar de los prototipos como atributos transferidos a objetos derivativos no reconocidos; (2) evocar memorias sociales positivas asociadas con el prototipo; y (3) crear escales más amplias de valor diseñando variantes innovadoras de objetos similares. [esqueumorfo, cerámica, cambio tecnológico, arqueología] T he claim that the shapes and surface treatments of early ceramic containers were copies-skeuomorphs-of nonceramic containers is an old observation with considerable history, but U.S. archaeologists rarely discuss its significance for understanding technological change within the archaeological record. Most researchers privilege utilitarian or economic factors in the innovation and adoption of ceramic vessels and other artifacts. I propose that skeuomorphs, which include designs unrelated to utilitarian needs, were instrumental in the acceptance of innovations such as pottery. In presenting this interpretation of the role of skeuomorphs in the innovation and adoption of pottery, I review evidence from archaeology, ethnology, and experimental psychology.First, I introduce skeuomorphism and identify ceramic vessel skeuomorphs. Next, I review archaeological approaches to technological change and consider ...

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The Thermal Properties of Textured Ceramics: An Experimental Study

Cited by 8 publications

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Assessment of the Gripability of Textured Ceramic Surfaces

Assessment of the Gripability of Textured Ceramic Surfaces

Reconstructing sexual divisions of labor from fingerprints on Ancestral Puebloan pottery

Skeuomorphs, Pottery, and Technological Change

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