Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas group members were well represented in the group's first official session at the 2018 Society for American Archaeology meeting in Washington, D.C. The goal of the session was to provide a venue for the discussion and advancement of ceramic petrography and other characterization techniques among petrographers of all skill levels. A total of 15 posters were presented that focused on the use of ceramic petrography in a variety of archaeological cases involving cultural continuity, identity, migration, and mortuary behavior. These studies incorporated both qualitative and quantitative data related to raw material selection, ceramic technology, and provenance, and they also highlighted additional sourcing techniques (e.g., SEM, EDX, XRF, and INAA) and tools (i.e., digital image analysis, ethnographic interviews, and experimental archaeology) currently used by petrographers. We are happy to report that the session was very well attended and concluded with a networking event with other petrographers in attendance at the meeting. This is the first of many CPA conference sessions to come. If you were unable to attend the meeting/session, then click here to view PDFs of the posters presented in the session. Below is a list of the participants and their poster titles.
Ceramic Petrographers in the Americas: An Introduction to our Mission and Goals Yukiko Tonoike, Andrea Torvinen, and Mary Ownby Defining petrographic fabrics among regional wares at La Quemada, Zacatecas, Mexico Andrea Torvinen At a Crossroads: 300 years of Pottery Production and Exchange at Goat Spring Pueblo, NM Suzanne Eckert and Deborah Huntley Pottery Production at the Dillard Site: an early Basketmaker III Community Center in the Central Mesa Verde Region Kari Schleher, Emma Britton, Donna M. Glowacki, and Robin Lyle Exploring the Interaction of Culture and Technology in the Acoma Culture Province David Hill Petrography, Production, and Provenance of Ceramics from La Blanca, Guatemala John Lawrence, Cathy Costin, Kathleen Marsaglia, Michael Love, and Hector Neff Recipe for Daub? A Comparative Petrographic Study of a Common Construction Component in the Maya Area Anabel Ford, Linda Howie, and Josh Inga Mineralogy Without Minerals: A Proposed Methodology for Reconstructing the Original Compositions of Highly Altered Ceramic Bodies Using Thin Section Petrography Linda Howie, Jillian Jordan, and Heather McKillop The Use of White Engobe in the Formative Ceramics in Ojo de Agua Spring from San Antonio La Isla, Toluca Valley, Mexico Francisco J. Sanchez-Tornero Mortuary Spaces as Social Power: Ceramic Exchange and Burial Practice at Safford Mound (8PI3) C. Trevor Duke, Neill J. Wallis, and Ann S. Cordell Ceramic Petrography of Woodland Period Swift Creek Complicated Stamped Pottery in Florida and the Lower Southeaster United States Ann S. Cordell, Neill J. Wallis, and Thomas Pluckhahn Clay Resource Variability and Stallings Pottery Provenance along the Savannah and Ogeechee Rivers Zackary Gilmore and Kenneth Sassaman The Recipes of Disaster in Northern Iroquoia: Integrating Digital Image Analysis into Petrographic Practice Daniel Ionico Applications of Microscopy and Thin Section Petrography in Iroquoian Ceramic Analysis Sarah Striker Rethinking migration and mobility in the Late Roman West with ceramic petrography Vince Van Thienen
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