Ceramics in Circumpolar Prehistory - Technology, Lifeways and Cuisine (Hardcover)

Throughout prehistory the Circumpolar World was inhabited by hunter-gatherers. Pottery-making would have been extremely difficult in these cold, northern environments, and the craft should never have been able to disperse into this region. However, archaeologists are now aware that pottery traditions were adopted widely across the Northern World and went on to play a key role in subsistence and social life. This book sheds light on the human motivations that lay behind the adoption of pottery, the challenges that had to be overcome in order to produce it, and the solutions that emerged. Including essays by an international team of scholars, the volume offers a compelling portrait of the role that pottery cooking technologies played in northern lifeways, both in the prehistoric past and in more recent ethnographic times.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Archaeology of the North
Release date:	March 2019
Editors:	Peter Jordan • Kevin Gibbs
Dimensions:	262 x 183 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-11824-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Ceramic arts, pottery, glass > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	1-107-11824-7
Barcode:	9781107118249

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