Palenque's ceramics: searching for a methodology for their study and classification
Translation of the Spanish by Eduardo Williams
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Research Year:  2004
Culture:  Maya
Chronology:  Classic
Location:  Chiapas
Site:  Palenque

Table of Contents

Introduction: an Atypical Research Project and Report
Research Goals
Background of research on Palenque ceramics
Dr. Rands' intense and thorough research
INAH's Project on Analysis of Ceramic Materials
The Classification System: a matter for debate
The Type-Variety System
The Paste Analysis
The Art-Historical Study of Decorative Techniques and Motifs
Analysis of the Evolution of Vessel Form through Time
Works Derived from my Collaboration with Dr. Rands
“Occupational Sequence of two housing units in Palenque.”
“Analysis of ceramic remains recovered from Groups I and C.”
“The Early Classic Palenque through Ceramics”
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Plates
Sources Cited
Appendix 1. Descriptive entries
Appendix 2. Distribution of form classes by phase

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Submitted 03/06/2007 by:
Maria Elena San Román Martín
elesanroman@hotmail.com

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