Ceramic Trade Research Articles

POTS AND POTTERS IN ATHENS AND CORINTH: A REVIEW

Summary. In this article, we draw upon a wide range of archaeological, technical and iconographical evidence in order to examine the organisation and social role of fine pottery production in two contrasting Archaic and Classical poleis, Athens and Corinth. We examine developments in the relationship between the organisation of production, changes in decorative style and the degree of complexity of the social and political organisation of the two producer societies during a period of state formation. We also consider variation in the behavioural patterns surrounding ceramic use, and the role of production within the overall economy (and especially its relationship to subsistence activity). Such a study of comparative ceramic ecology not only offers a distinctive source of information about the internal ordering of producer societies, but also addresses the issue of the generation of variability in the ceramic record, an issue which has hitherto received little attention from Classical archaeologists, but which is central to a full understanding of ceramic trade and exchange.

John Hansman: Julfar, an Arabian port: its settlement and Far Eastern ceramic trade from the 14th to the 18th centuries, xii, 123 pp. London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1986. £25.

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Trade and Exchange among the Mohawk-Iroquois: A Trace Element Analysis of Ceramic Smoking Pipes

This study reports the results of a trace element analysis of Mohawk-Iroquois ceramics. The objective of the research was an attempt to identify trade ceramics, specifically ceramic smoking pipes, in Mohawk assemblages. Over 400 ceramic artifacts were analyzed using an X-ray fluorescence technique to determine their trace element compositions. Control samples of pottery were utilized to demonstrate differences in the elemental composition of regional clay resources, and ceramic pipes of known provenience were then identified as to their probable region of origin. The results indicate that ceramic pipes were common trade items among the Mohawk. The trade and exchange of pipes is interpreted as a phenomenon of Iroquois gift giving and reciprocity involving a material class of important symbolic value.

John S. Guy: Oriental trade ceramics in South-East Asia, ninth to sixteenth centuries, with a catalogue of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai wares in Australian collections. (Oxford in Asia Studies in Ceramics.) xiv, 161 pp. Singapore, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, [1987]. £47.50.

John S. Guy: Oriental trade ceramics in South-East Asia, ninth to sixteenth centuries, with a catalogue of Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai wares in Australian collections. (Oxford in Asia Studies in Ceramics.) xiv, 161 pp. Singapore, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, [1987]. £47.50. - Volume 51 Issue 1

Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method

Mind in Matter: An Introduction to Material Culture Theory and Method

A SUGGESTED SCHEME OF COLLABORATION BY CERAMIC INSTITUTES AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Journal of the American Ceramic SocietyVolume 8, Issue 5 p. 205-208 A SUGGESTED SCHEME OF COLLABORATION BY CERAMIC INSTITUTES AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS First published: May 1925 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1925.tb16396.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume8, Issue5May 1925Pages 205-208 RelatedInformation

The Distribution of Attic Vases

One of the most interesting phenomena in the history of ceramic art is the absorption of the market of the world by Attic ware. The sixth-century tombs of Italy, Sicily and elsewhere show a gradual decrease in importations from Corinth, Chalcis, Cyrene and Ionia, and by the time of the beginning of the fifth century the Attic black- and red-figured ware has acquired a complete monopoly. The area over which these Attic vases were distributed comprises almost the whole of the world as known at that time—Greece Proper, the Aegean Islands, the Cyrenaica, Egypt, Asia Minor, the Crimea and above all Italy and Sicily. The question suggests itself how far this large and varied export was influenced by the special demand in various localities; how far, in fact, each locality had its own definite needs for special vase forms, which the ceramic trade of Athens was to supply.