Assessing Techniques for the Estimation of Original Firing Temperatures of Plains Ceramics: Experimental and Archaeological Results

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Ethnoarchaeology Pub Date : 2016-07-02 DOI:10.1080/19442890.2016.1215883

Whitney Goodwin, Kacy L. Hollenback

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Abstract

Firing practices yield insights into the technological skill, knowledge, and behavior of potters. Skill and time, clays, fuels, and intended vessel use are significant for potters' decisions about heating rates, firing temperature and atmosphere. Firing is one stage in ceramic production that, when considered with the vessel's life history, reveals strategies of craftspersons and technological changes, or continuities across space and time. This paper explores methods for estimating firing temperatures. Experiments demonstrate that techniques used in other regions, such as stepwise clay oxidation analysis, are problematic for Plains ceramics and possibly other regions. A revised protocol is developed and paired with magnetic susceptibility to produce better estimates. Results indicate unexpected amounts of low-fired pottery (<500°C), with all temperatures below 750°C. Perhaps Plains Woodland and Northeastern Plains Village potters in North Dakota employed low-firing temperatures, in combination with less desirable, but available organic rich sediments, as a strategy to produce workable vessels.

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平原陶瓷原始烧成温度估算的评估技术:实验和考古结果

烧制实践使人们对陶工的技术技能、知识和行为有了深入的了解。技术和时间、粘土、燃料和预期的容器使用对制陶工人决定加热速率、烧制温度和气氛都很重要。烧制是陶瓷生产的一个阶段，当考虑到容器的生命历史时，揭示了工匠和技术变化的策略，或跨越空间和时间的连续性。本文探讨了估算烧成温度的方法。实验表明，在其他地区使用的技术，如逐步粘土氧化分析，对平原陶瓷和其他地区可能是有问题的。制定了修订的方案，并与磁化率配对，以产生更好的估计。结果表明，所有温度低于750°C的低烧陶器(<500°C)的数量出乎意料。也许北达科他州的平原林地和东北平原村庄的陶工采用了低温烧制，结合了不太理想的，但可用的富含有机的沉积物，作为生产可行容器的策略。

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期刊介绍： Ethnoarchaeology, a cross-cultural peer-reviewed journal, focuses on the present position, impact of, and future prospects of ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies approaches to anthropological research. The primary goal of this journal is to provide practitioners with an intellectual platform to showcase and appraise current research and theoretical and methodological directions for the 21st century. Although there has been an exponential increase in ethnoarchaeological and experimental research in the past thirty years, there is little that unifies or defines our subdiscipline. Ethnoarchaeology addresses this need, exploring what distinguishes ethnoarchaeological and experimental approaches, what methods connect practitioners, and what unique suite of research attributes we contribute to the better understanding of the human condition. In addition to research articles, the journal publishes book and other media reviews, periodic theme issues, and position statements by noted scholars.