@article{49fa27af501b4f40a9596e7e4889d23a,
title = "The social and historical context of short-term stylistic replacement: A Zuni case study",
abstract = "Large collections of ethnographic ceramics created over multiyear periods of intensive collecting provide a way to bridge discrepancies between the temporal scales of ethnographic studies based on single field visits and archaeological analyses of assemblages accumulated over much longer periods of time. The Smithsonian's Stevenson collections of Zuni ceramics, consisting of 3500 vessels, were assembled in three intensive field seasons over a 6-year period. They are particularly useful for addressing questions about rates of stylistic change and the relative use-lives of vessel forms and sizes with known ethnographic functions.",
keywords = "Ceramics, Stylistic variation, Use-life, Zuni",
author = "Hardin, {Margaret A.} and Mills, {Barbara J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Brenda Bowser for organizing the stimulating SAA session in which we first presented this paper and for seeing the papers to publication. Our research on the Stevenson Collection was done over several different visits to the Smithsonian Institution and we thank Deborah Hull-Walski for providing access to the collections. We are particularly grateful to Laurie D. Webster, who recorded metric and exterior use-wear data, and photographed one of the Zuni vessels used in this paper. We are grateful to the Zuni potters and community members, who shared their knowledge of Zuni pottery and commented on vessels from the Stevenson collections during the planning of the Gifts of Mother Earth: Ceramics in the Zuni Tradition exhibit. Edward Wemytewa generously shared his linguistic expertise in helping us understand the Zuni vessel terms in the Smithsonian catalog and retranscribe them in the present-day official tribal orthography. Our paper benefited from an earlier discussion with Edmund Ladd about terraced Zuni bowls. The paper was much improved by the comments of Brenda Bowser, Patricia Crown, Nic David, Warren DeBoer, Mike Schiffer, and Dorothy Washburn; one could not ask for a more knowledgeable group of reviewers. In addition, the discussants for the original session, Cathy Costin and Michelle Hegmon, made several suggestions for improvement that we gratefully acknowledge. Hardin{\textquoteright}s research at the Smithsonian was funded by a 1975–76 Smithsonian Fellowship. Mills{\textquoteright}s research was funded by NSF Grant BNS-9116686. National Endowment for the Arts grant #22-5530 supported the planning and production of the Gifts of Mother Earth: Ceramics in the Zuni Tradition exhibit and catalog.",
year = "2000",
doi = "10.1023/A:1026554403077",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "139--163",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory",
issn = "1072-5369",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "3",
}