The social and historical context of short-term stylistic replacement: A Zuni case study

摘要: Large collections of ethnographic ceramics created over multiyear periods intensive collecting provide a way to bridge discrepancies between the temporal scales studies based on single field visits and archaeological analyses assemblages accumulated much longer time. The Smithsonian's Stevenson Zuni ceramics, consisting 3500 vessels, were assembled in three seasons 6-year period. They are particularly useful for addressing questions about rates stylistic change relative use-lives vessel forms sizes with known functions.