Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions (Hardcover)

Finely decorated ceramic vessels made for cooking, storage, and serving were a hallmark of Native Caddo cultures. The tradition began as many as 3,000 years ago among Woodland-period ancestors, thrived between c. 800 and 1800, and continues today in the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. In Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions, eighteen experts offer a comprehensive assessment of recent findings about the manufacture and use of Caddo pottery, touching on craft technology, artistic and stylistic variation, and links between ancestral production and modern artistic expression. Part I discusses the evolution of ceramic design and morphology in the Caddo Archaeological Area by geographic region: southwestern Arkansas, northwestern Louisiana, southeastern Oklahoma, and East Texas. It also gives focused study to the salt-making industry and its associated pottery. Part II features ceramic studies employing state-of-the-art techniques such as geochemical analysis, fine-grained analysis of stylistic elements, iconography, and network analysis. These essays yield increased understanding of specialized craft production and long-distance exchange; decorative variation at community and regional scales to reveal past communities of practice and identity; ancient Caddo cosmological and religious beliefs; and geographical variation in vessel forms. In Part III, two contemporary Caddos furnish an important Native perspective. Drawing on personal experience, they explore meaning and inspiration behind modern pottery productions as a cultural strategy for the persistence of community and identity. The first volume of its kind for Caddo archaeology, Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Traditions is also a valuable reference on ceramic practices across the broader southeastern archaeological region.

General

Imprint:	Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2021
Editors:	Duncan P. McKinnon • Jeffrey S. Girard • Timothy K Perttula
Contributors:	Chase Earles • Ann Early • Paul Eubanks • Ross Fields • Eloise Gadus • Scott Hammerstedt • David B. Kelley
Dimensions:	254 x 203mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-8071-7118-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Ceramics & glass Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples
LSN:	0-8071-7118-2
Barcode:	9780807171189

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