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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Intro; Title Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; Pottery Production and Paradigms; Engagement Theory; Why Engagement Theory?; Components of the Theory; The Behavioral Chain (The Chaîne Opératoire); The Semantic Structure of Knowledge; Customary Muscular Patterns; Feedback; Technological Choice; The Structure of This Book; 2 How Was the Data Collected?; The Methodology and Its History; 3 The Pottersâ#x80;#x99; Engagement with the Perceived Landscape; Ethnoecology; Geological Context; Sources of Raw Materials; The Forest (kâ#x80;#x99;aâ#x80;#x99;ash) |
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Ethnoecological Zones in Northern YucatánEthnogeology; Châ#x80;#x99;eâ#x80;#x99;en (a Well or Sinkhole); Chultun (A Cistern); Aktun (a Natural Cave); Sah Kab (a Marl Mine); Tantan Luâ#x80;#x99;um (a Hole in the Earth); Ethnopetrology; 4 The Pottersâ#x80;#x99; Engagement with Raw Materials; Ethnomineralogy; Kâ#x80;#x99;at (Clay); An Alternative Clay Source; Sak Luâ#x80;#x99;um (White Earth); Sah Kab (White Powder); Sah Kab for Construction Purposes (Natural Marl); Sources; Preparation; Ancient Uses of Sah Kab for Construction Purposes; Sah Kab for Pottery Temper (Culturally Constituted Marl); Temper Components and Their Subclasses |
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Preparing TemperSah Kab Temper Variability; Quality Tests for Sah Kab Temper; An Ancient Distinction; Hiâ#x80;#x99;; The Technological Advantages of Hiâ#x80;#x99; Temper; Ancient Use and Exploitation of Hiâ#x80;#x99;; Specialized Knowledge; A Community of Practice; 5 The Pottersâ#x80;#x99; Engagement with Paste Preparation; Preparing Raw Materials; Paste Preparation Behavior as Material Engagement; 6 The Pottersâ#x80;#x99; Engagement with Vessel Forming; The Forming Technology; Four Traditional Vessels; The Water-Carrying Jar (Pâ#x80;#x99;uul in Yucatek Maya, or Cántaro in Spanish); Rim Variation and Its Meaning |
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Individual Variation in Rim FormOther Traditional Shapes; 7 The Pottersâ#x80;#x99; Engagement with Drying and Firing; Gender and Firing; Firing Cooking Pottery; Building a Kiln; Kiln Sizes; Parts of the Kiln; Preparing for Firing; Drying Pottery; Slipping; Final Drying; Fuel Preparation; Selecting Wood for Firing; Loading the Kiln; Firing; The Warming Stage (chokokintaâ#x80;#x99;al); The Final Stage (tsâ#x80;#x99;ooksaâ#x80;#x99;al); Variations in the Firing Process; Firing Accidents; 8 Ticul Pottery as a â#x80;#x9C;Distilled Landscapeâ#x80;#x9D; / â#x80;#x9C;Taskscapeâ#x80;#x9D;; The Religious Dimensions of Raw Materials and Their Sources |
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Clay (Yoâ#x80;#x99; Kâ#x80;#x99;at)History; Temper for Cooking Pottery (Aktun Hiâ#x80;#x99;); Temper for Noncooking Pottery (Yoâ#x80;#x99; Sah Kab); Red Slip (Tantan luâ#x80;#x99;um); Water (Cheâ#x80;#x99;en); Fuel for Firing (Kâ#x80;#x99;ash); Ritual Pottery as Symbols of a Distilled Landscape: The Day of the Dead Rituals; Ancient Pottery from Ticul: A Distilled Community of Practice; 9 Conclusion; What Is Indigenous Knowledge?; Summary; Indigenous Knowledge and Learning; Ethnoarchaeology as Cultural Heritage; Implications for Methodology; What Drives Changes in Indigenous Knowledge?; Final Reflections; References; Index |
| Summary |
"Based on fieldwork and reflection over a period of fifty years, Arnold utilizes engagement theory to describe the indigenous knowledge of traditional Maya potters in Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico. Arnold examines craftspeople's knowledge and skills, their engagement with natural and social environments, the raw materials, and their process"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-256) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Maya pottery -- Mexico -- Ticul
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Mayas -- Material culture -- Mexico -- Ticul
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Cognition and culture.
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Potters -- Mexico -- Ticul
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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Cognition and culture
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Maya pottery
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Mayas -- Material culture
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Potters
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Mexico -- Ticul
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781607326564 |
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1607326566 |
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