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The measurement and meaning of stylistic diversity
ñawpa pacha • 20 • Published In 1982 • Pages: 147-162
By: DeBoer, Warren R., Moore, James A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this essay DeBoer and Moore look at stylistic diversity in ceramic rim design as applied by Shipibo-Conibo potters to their wares and how these designs function in an ethnographic context. The authors discuss the ways in which style can be measured for comparative purposes and how meaning can be attached to such comparisons. Since measurement alone is basically meaningless, the article begins by delineating the context in which measurement and meaning take form.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ucayali River area, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Warren R. DeBoer and James A. Moore
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79649238
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians