Although most ceramic studies describe vessel production and use,
the causes and rates of pottery discard are often neglected in
archaeological studies. Michael Shott presents analytical methods
for determining pottery use life and demonstrates why use life
should not be overlooked. Over a five-year period Shott inventoried
the household pottery of about twenty-five homes in five towns in
Michoacan, Mexico, recording age and types of use. He also looked
at a subsample on a monthly basis over two years to estimate the
magnitude of early vessel failure that would go unnoticed in an
annual census. His analysis of about 900 vessels clearly shows that
context does not explain use life, but vessel size does. Bigger
pots last longer. Consulting other ethnoarchaeological sources for
comparison and cross-cultural perspectives, Shott shows that his
results can be applied to other archaeological datasets for
determining numbers of original whole vessels as well as site
occupation span.
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