The Ceramic legacy of Anna O. Shepard

1005 Pages·1991·2.24 MB·English

by  Ronald L. Bishop

title: The Ceramic Legacy of Anna O. Shepard
author: Bishop, Ronald L.; Lange, Frederick W.
publisher: University Press of Colorado
isbn10 | asin: 0870811959
print isbn13: 9780870811951
ebook isbn13: 9780585004129
language: English
Shepard, Anna Osler,--1903- , Pottery--
subject Analysis, Indian pottery--Southwest, New,
Indian pottery--Central America.
publication date: 1991
lcc: CC115.S48C47 1991eb
ddc: 930.1/028/5
Shepard, Anna Osler,--1903- , Pottery--
subject: Analysis, Indian pottery--Southwest, New,
Indian pottery--Central America.
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The Ceramic Legacy of Anna O. Shepard
Edited by Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange
University Press of Colorado
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Copyright (c) 1991 by the University Press of Colorado
P.O. Box 849, Niwot, Colorado 80544
First edition.
All rights reserved.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise
supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University,
Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver,
University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of
Southern Colorado, and Western State College.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
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Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Ceramic legacy of Anna O. Shepard / edited by Ronald L. Bishop and
Frederick W. Lange. - 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87081-195-9 (alk. paper)
1. Shepard, Anna Osler, 1903-2. Pottery - Analysis. 3. Indians of
North America - Southwest, New - Pottery. 4. Indians of Central
America - Pottery. I. Bishop, Ronald L. II. Lange, Frederick W.,
1944- .
CC115.S48C47 1990
930.1'028'5-dc20
CIP
90-23399

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Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange
Part I: Background
1. Shepard, Kidder, and Carnegie 11
Raymond H. Thompson
2. Anna O. Shepard: A Correspondence Portrait 42
Ronald L. Bishop
3. The 1938 Ceramic Technology Conference - 88
A Review After 50 Years
Frederick R. Matson
4. Ceramic Classification: Bradfield and Shepard, Types
121
and
Varieties
Joe Ben Wheat
5. Anna O. Shepard and Southwestern Archaeology: 132
Ignoring a Cautious Heretic
Linda S. Cordell
6. The Intellectual Development of Mesoamerican 154
Archaeology
and an Assessment of Shepard's Influence
Robert L. Rands
Part II: Retrospective and Prospective
7. The Theoretical and Methodological Lessons of 177
Shepard's
Research on Plumbate Ware
Hector Neff
8. Potter's Craft or Analyst's Tool? A Century of 205
Ceramic
Technology Studies in the American Southwest
Suzanne P. De Atley
9. New World Paste Compositional Investigations 224
Marilyn P. Beaudry
10. Specialization, Standardization, and Diversity: 257
A Retrospective
Prudence M. Rice
11. A Formal Approach to Design: Symmetry and 280
Beyond
Veletta Canouts
12. Ethnoarchaeology and Investigations of Ceramic 321
Production
and Exchange: Can We Go Beyond Cautionary
Tales?
Dean E. Arnold
13. Archaeometry: The Perspective of an Administrator 346
Lambertus van Zelst
14. Toward an Integrated Interface for Archaeology and 358
Archaeometry
Suzanne P. De Atley and Ronald L. Bishop
Part III: Summary and Assessment
15. Appraising the Legacy: A Thematic Synthesis 383
Patricia L. Crown
16. Toward a Future Archaeological Ceramic Science: 394
Brief
Observations From a Conference
Jeremy A. Sabloff
References 401
Index 461
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAS atomic absorption spectroscopy
BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
CARD Center for Archaeological Research and Development
CPCRU Chemical Paste Compositional Reference Unit
CV coefficient of variation
d.c. plasma direct current plasma
ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma atomic energy emission spectrometry
INAA instrumental neutron activation analysis
LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
MASCA Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC National Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NWAF New World Archaeological Foundation
OES optical emission spectrometry
PCRU Paste Compositional Reference Unit
PIXE proton induced X-ray emission spectroscopy
SARCAR Smithsonian Archaeometric Research Collections and Records
SEM scanning electron microscope
SI Smithsonian Institution
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
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UV ultraviolet
WPA Works Project Administration
XRD X-ray diffraction
XRF X-ray fluorescence