A proxy of potters' throwing skill: Ceramic vessels considered in terms of mechanical stress

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1080-1089

  Gandon, Enora ^a   Casanova, Rémy ^a   Sainton, Patrick ^a   Coyle, Thelma ^a   Roux, Valentine ^b   Bril, Blandine ^c   Bootsma, Reinoud J ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Constraint; Craft; Expertise; Mechanical stress; Pottery; Skill; Technique

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CRAFT PRODUCTION; INDEX METHOD; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; STRESS;

EID: 79952184483     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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