“A Pot for all Seasons: An Introduction to Maya Pottery Studies”
with Dr. Michael Callaghan is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida.
Pottery is the most abundant artifact at archaeological sites in the Maya area. Through pottery analysis ceramicists inform research related to chronology, production and exchange, sociopolitical and economic organization, religion and ideology, and everyday practices. In this talk I’ll introduce the fundamentals of Maya pottery studies by presenting terminology used in Maya pottery classification and analysis, and synthesizing recent research on production and exchange.
Dr. Michael Callaghan
is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida. He specializes in the study of ceramic technology and its relationship to social complexity. Dr. Callaghan’s research informs the study of how technology and production contribute to changes in social structure.