Topic
Polychrome
About: Polychrome is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 235 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1012 citations. The topic is also known as: polychrome.
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Abstract: For decades archaeologists have used pottery to reconstruct the lifeways of ancient populations. It has become increasingly evident, however, that to make inferences about prehistoric economic, social, and political activities through the patterning of ceramic variation, it is necessary to determine the location where the vessels were made. Through detailed analysis of manufacturing technology and design styles as well as the use of modern analytical techniques such as neutron activation analysis, Zedeno here demonstrates a broadly applicable methodology for identifying local and nonlocal ceramics.
145 citations
Journal Article•
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TL;DR: In this article, the role of polychrome pottery as both a reflection of and critical component in the production of power relations is investigated in the case of Motul de San Jose, the presumed Late Classic capital of the epigraphically-recognized Ik' polity.
67 citations
TL;DR: This article reviewed available data on production of Late Classic southern lowland Maya polychrome pottery in light of a calendrically based may model of geopolitical organization and concluded that figural polychromes were "inalienable" wealth goods and they were painted in palaces of primary and secondary centers.
Abstract: Studies of the organization of Maya pottery production have been pursued via numerous methods but without theoretical models. I review available data on production of Late Classic southern lowland Maya polychrome pottery in light of my calendrically based may model of geopolitical organization. I conclude that: (1) production arrangements vary by “kind” of pottery; (2) “craft specialization” and “workshops” are inappropriate concepts; (3) study of polychrome production necessitates multiple approaches, including analysis of decorative content; (4) better “bridging arguments” and “middle-range theory” are needed; (5) figural polychromes were “inalienable” wealth goods; and (6) they were painted in palaces of primary and secondary centers—may and k'atun seats in the model—in realm-specific signature styles.
53 citations
TL;DR: The results of the first season of a survey in which clays suitable for the production of Nasca polychrome pottery were collected in an effort to determine the geological variability of clay sources in the Nasca region and match clays compositionally to paste groups from previous provenance analyses.
53 citations
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| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 28 |
| 2024 | 49 |
| 2023 | 92 |
| 2022 | 76 |
| 2021 | 21 |