Tracing firing technology through clay properties in Cuzco,Peru |
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Authors: | Melissa Chatfield |
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Institution: | Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, P.O. Box 20446, Stanford, CA 94309, USA |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to identify changes in firing practices that occurred during a timeframe that saw the introduction of European kiln technology to the Andes (AD 900–1800). Pottery from an excavated context at the archaeological site of Aqnapampa in the southern highlands of Peru was examined for changes in paste recipes that adapted local materials to increased firing temperatures indicative of evolving firing technologies. Sherds (60) and fragments refired to 890 °C from 12 stratigraphic levels were compared by style, surface treatment, paste color, and vitrification structures (ESEM). Four technological phases of the Cuzco pottery sequence emerged and were used to evaluate the trajectory of a single decorative style (Killke). Previously thought to have been produced in pre-Inca times and curated into later periods, the Killke sherds presented evidence that the style was produced using technologies introduced in the Inca and Spanish Colonial Period. |
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Keywords: | Pottery technology Inca Spanish Colonial Peru Scanning electron microscopy Maturation temperature Vitrification structures Firing practices Adaptive clay technology |
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