Breaking the mould : challenging the past through pottery : [3rd International Conference on Prehistoric Ceramics

In October 2006, the 3rd International Conference on Prehistoric Ceramics, entitled 'Breaking the Mould: Challenging the Past through Pottery', was hosted by the Department of Archaeology on behalf of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group and The Prehistoric Society at the University of Manchester. Skill Amongst The Sherds: Understanding The Role Of Skill In The Early To Late Middle Bronze Age In Hungary / Sandy Budden -- Thinking Outside Of The Pot: What Other Containers Can Tell Us About The Inception Of Ceramics In The Neolithic Near East / Rachel Conroy -- The Trajectory Of The Wheel-coiling Technique In The Southern Levant: Historical Scenarios And Explanatory Mechanisms / Valentine Roux -- Undecorated Calatagan Pots As Active Symbols Of Cultural Affiliation / Grace Barrett-tesoro -- Pottery And Feasting In Central Sweden / Thomas Eriksson -- A Re-evaluation Of The Pottery Assemblages From Ville-es-nouaux, Les Platons And La Hougue Mauger, Jersey, Channel Islands / Paul-david Francis Driscoll -- Thoughts And Adjustments In Potter's Backyard / Olivier Gosselain -- The Hand That Makes The Pot ...: Craft Traditions In South Sweden In The Third Millennium Bc / Åsa M. Larsson -- The Vessel As A Human Body: Neolithic Anthropomorphic Vessels And Their Reflection In Later Periods / Goce Naumov -- Infuence From The Group Rhin-suisse-france Orientale On The Pottery From The Late Bronze Age Urnfields In Western Beligum: A Confrontation Between Pottery Forming Technology, 14c-dates And Typo-chronology / Guy De Mulder, Walter Leclerq And Mark Strydonck -- Dating A Pot Beaker And The Surrounding Landscape Using Osl Dating / Simone B.c. Bloo ... [et Al.]. Edited By Ina Berg. Papers Originally Presented At The 3rd International Conference On Prehistoric Ceramics Held In Oct. 2006 In Manchester, England). Includes Bibliographical References. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements BREAKING THE MOULD – AN INTRODUCTION ADVANCES IN METHODOLOGY SKILL AMONGST THE SHERDS: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SKILL IN THE EARLY TO LATE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN HUNGARY THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE POT: WHAT OTHER CONTAINERS CAN TELL US ABOUT THE INCEPTION OF CERAMICS IN THE NEOLITHIC NEAR EAST THE TRAJECTORY OF THE WHEEL COILING TECHNIQUE IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT: HISTORICAL SCENARIOS AND EXPLANATORY MECHANISMS POTTERY AND IDENTITY UNDECORATED CALATAGAN POTS AS ACTIVE SYMBOLS OF CULTURAL AFFILIATION POTTERY AND FEASTING IN CENTRAL SWEDEN A RE-EVALUATION OF THE POTTERY ASSEMBLAGES FROM VILLE-ES-NOUAUX, LES PLATONS AND LA HOUGUE MAUGER, JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS THOUGHTS AND ADJUSTMENTS IN THE POTTER’S BACKYARD THE HAND THAT MAKES THE POT...: CRAFT TRADITIONS IN SOUTH SWEDEN IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC THE VESSEL AS A HUMAN BODY: NEOLITHIC ANTHROPOMORPHIC VESSELS AND THEIR REFLECTION IN LATER PERIODS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCIENCES INFLUENCE FROM THE ‘GROUP RHIN-SUISSE-FRANCE ORIENTALE’ ON THE POTTERY FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE URNFIELDS IN WESTERN BELGIUM. A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN POTTERY FORMING TECHNOLOGY, 14C-DATES AND TYPO-CHRONOLOGY DATING A POT BEAKER AND THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE USING OSL DATING