How to make an unfired clay cooking pot: Understanding the technological choices made by arctic potters

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-50

  Harry, Karen G ^a   Frink, Lisa ^a   O'Toole, Brendan ^b   Charest, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Ceramic technology; Experimental archaeology; Traditional technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749127200     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-009-9061-4     Document Type: Article

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