Journal article
Identifying pottery clay from rice fields: an example from southern Luzon, the Philippines
Journal of archaeological science, Vol.36(3), pp.843-849
2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.014
Abstract
The general type of clay used by potters can often be identified from attributes of the finished ceramic vessel or sherd. This information is important for compositional and sourcing studies and may also shed light on the variables influencing clay choice such as social, economic, and landscape use patterns. Rice paddies are one type of clay source that are readily identifiable in archaeological ceramics. This paper describes rice paddy clays gathered during ethnoarchaeological studies of traditional potters in Paradijon, southern Luzon, the Philippines. We analyze the effects of clay processing and vessel manufacture on these clays and find that the most diagnostic attribute of paddy soils, the iron oxide mottling, is retained in finished vessels.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Identifying pottery clay from rice fields: an example from southern Luzon, the Philippines
- Creators
- Margaret E Beck - University of IowaMark A Neupert - Oregon Institute of Technology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of archaeological science, Vol.36(3), pp.843-849
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.014
- ISSN
- 0305-4403
- eISSN
- 1095-9238
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Record Identifier
- 9984269247702771
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