|
" ACTION ON MATTER: "
Judy Sterner, Nicholas David, Judy Sterner, et al.
| Document Type
|
:
|
AL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1069823
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
LA113452
|
| Call No
|
:
|
10.3213/1612-1651-10001
|
| Language of Document
|
:
|
English
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Judy Sterner
|
|
|
:
|
Nicholas David
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
ACTION ON MATTER: [Article] : THE HISTORY OF THE UNIQUELY AFRICAN TAMPER AND CONCAVE ANVIL POT-FORMING TECHNIQUE\ Judy Sterner, Nicholas David, Judy Sterner, et al.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Leiden: Brill
|
| Title of Periodical
|
:
|
Journal of African Archaeology
|
| Date
|
:
|
2003
|
| Volume/ Issue Number
|
:
|
1/1
|
| Page No
|
:
|
3–35
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
The publication, largely by ethnoarchaeologists, of new data on the tamper and concave anvil technique of pot-forming (TCA) permits a reassessment of this uniquely African technique, its toolkit, and its culture history. A survey, inspired by the technologie culturelle school, of its varied expressions in the southern Saharan, Sahelian and northern Sudan zones from Mali to Sudan and extending north into Egypt emphasises the potential of the technique for the efficient production of spherical water jars of high volume to weight ratio, much appreciated in arid environments. The technique is demanding and therefore practised for the most part by specialists. The origins and diffusion of the technique are assessed in the light of the ethnological, archaeological, linguistic, and historical evidence, and a four stage historical development is sketched. The publication, largely by ethnoarchaeologists, of new data on the tamper and concave anvil technique of pot-forming (TCA) permits a reassessment of this uniquely African technique, its toolkit, and its culture history. A survey, inspired by the technologie culturelle school, of its varied expressions in the southern Saharan, Sahelian and northern Sudan zones from Mali to Sudan and extending north into Egypt emphasises the potential of the technique for the efficient production of spherical water jars of high volume to weight ratio, much appreciated in arid environments. The technique is demanding and therefore practised for the most part by specialists. The origins and diffusion of the technique are assessed in the light of the ethnological, archaeological, linguistic, and historical evidence, and a four stage historical development is sketched.
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
caste
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
culture history
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
ethnoarchaeology
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
gender
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
pottery
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
specialisation
|
| Descriptor
|
:
|
technology
|
| Location & Call number
|
:
|
10.3213/1612-1651-10001
|
| |