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Children and ceramic innovation: a study in the archaeology of children
Children in action: perspectives on the archaeology of childhood • Berkeley, Ca • Published In 2005 • Pages: 65-76
By: Smith, Patricia (Patricia Elaine).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of pottery likely made by juveniles from seven archaeological in and around Barrie, Ontario. The author compares three common design motifs found on pottery made by both children and adults in order to determine the former's capacity for innovation. The evidence indicates that young potters were, from one perspective, more conservative, as they would have been taught by their mothers and grandmothers. From another perspective, they were more innovative, experimenting with designs that afterwards become popular among adult potters. Apparently, Huron children were not rote learners, but were free to experiment with designs in what the author calls "identity negotiation" with parents.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Innovation
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Childhood activities
- Transmission of skills
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Huron/Wendat
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; Sarah Berry; 2015, 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1280-1650
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Patricia E. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 7754368
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wyandot Indians