Ceramics Of Indiginous Cultures Of South America
In some areas pottery was mass produced for the general population as well as the elite.
Ceramics of indiginous cultures of south america. Reliance on compositional data from instrumental neutron activation analysis inaa to study production and exchange practices. Indigenous peoples of south america produced a diverse assortment of ceramics ranging from the common to the artistic with many types characterized by symbolic religious imagery. Due to their resilience ceramics have been. Get this from a library.
Indigenous ceramics from the continent of south america range from the common to the artistic with many types characterized by symbolic religious imagery. Likewise the tiwanaku and waki people of bolivia and their contemporaries the wari people of peru all produced pottery that was multifaceted in both aesthetics and utility. Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component. Ceramics of the indigenous cultures of south america.
Due to their resilience ceramics have been. However the central american cultures like the aztec maya and toltec peoples are now in spanish speaking lands like much of south america and in many cases may have as much in common with the south american cultures as the. Kevin j vaughn this cohesive edited volume showcases data collected from more than seven thousand ceramic artifacts including pottery figurines clay pipes and other objects from sites across south america. The circum caribbean hawaiians were defined by anthropologist julian steward who edited the handbook of south american indians.
For example the physical and chemical analysis of ceramic pastes and surfaces has been used to shed light on questions about ancient human behaviors including craft and ritual production cultural change technological traditions social identity political. In some areas pottery was mass produced for the general population as well as the elite. Indigenous cultures of north america includes central american united states and canadian native cultures. Native american pottery is an art form with at least a 7500 year history in the americas.
Ceramics are used for utilitarian cooking vessels serving and storage vessels pipes funerary urns censers musical instruments ceremonial items masks toys sculptures and a myriad of other art forms. Ceramics are used for utilitarian cooking vessels serving and storage vessels pipes funerary urns censers musical instruments ceremonial items masks toys sculptures and a myriad of other art forms. Ceramics are one of the most abundant types of archaeological artifacts and they provide excellent clues into past human societies. It spans indigenous peoples in the caribbean central american and northern south america the latter of which is listed here.
Native american pottery is an art form with at least a 7500 year history in the americas 1 pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component.