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Symbols in clay : seeking artists' identities in Hopi yellow ware bowls / Steven A. LeBlanc and Lucia R. Henderson

Catalog Data

Author:
LeBlanc, Steven A  Search this
Henderson, Lucia  Search this
Subject:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology  Search this
Physical description:
x, 171 p. : ill. (some col.), 2 maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Southwest, New
Date:
2009
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Contextualizing Hopi Yellow Ware -- Ceramic History in the Tusayan Region: A Summary -- The Evolution of Yellow Ware Bowls -- Comparisons With White Mountain Red Ware -- 3. Methodology and the Image Corpus -- Approaches to Identifying Artists -- Methodology -- Glyph Sets, Artists, and Artist Groups -- 4. The Glyphs: Examples, Observations, and General Themes -- Images and Observations -- 5. The Validity of the Glyph Sets -- Lines of Evidence for Artist Groups -- Exercises in Glyph Set Verification -- 6. Implications for Specialization -- Precontact Southwestern Ceramic Specialization -- Specialization in Hopi Yellow Ware
Topic:
Hopi pottery  Search this
Yellow ware  Search this
Glyphs (Graphic methods)  Search this
Hopi pottery--History  Search this
Yellow ware--History  Search this
Hopi artists--Identification--History  Search this
Artists' marks--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_927850