title: The Ceramic Legacy of Anna O. Shepard author: Bishop, Ronald L.; Lange, Frederick W. publisher: University Press of Colorado isbn10 | asin: 0870811959 print isbn13: 9780870811951 ebook isbn13: 9780585004129 language: English Shepard, Anna Osler,--1903- , Pottery-- subject Analysis, Indian pottery--Southwest, New, Indian pottery--Central America. publication date: 1991 lcc: CC115.S48C47 1991eb ddc: 930.1/028/5 Shepard, Anna Osler,--1903- , Pottery-- subject: Analysis, Indian pottery--Southwest, New, Indian pottery--Central America. Page iii The Ceramic Legacy of Anna O. Shepard Edited by Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange University Press of Colorado Page iv Copyright (c) 1991 by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849, Niwot, Colorado 80544 First edition. All rights reserved. The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Ceramic legacy of Anna O. Shepard / edited by Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange. - 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-195-9 (alk. paper) 1. Shepard, Anna Osler, 1903-2. Pottery - Analysis. 3. Indians of North America - Southwest, New - Pottery. 4. Indians of Central America - Pottery. I. Bishop, Ronald L. II. Lange, Frederick W., 1944- . CC115.S48C47 1990 930.1'028'5-dc20 CIP 90-23399 Page v Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms vii Preface ix Introduction 1 Ronald L. Bishop and Frederick W. Lange Part I: Background 1. Shepard, Kidder, and Carnegie 11 Raymond H. Thompson 2. Anna O. Shepard: A Correspondence Portrait 42 Ronald L. Bishop 3. The 1938 Ceramic Technology Conference - 88 A Review After 50 Years Frederick R. Matson 4. Ceramic Classification: Bradfield and Shepard, Types 121 and Varieties Joe Ben Wheat 5. Anna O. Shepard and Southwestern Archaeology: 132 Ignoring a Cautious Heretic Linda S. Cordell 6. The Intellectual Development of Mesoamerican 154 Archaeology and an Assessment of Shepard's Influence Robert L. Rands Part II: Retrospective and Prospective 7. The Theoretical and Methodological Lessons of 177 Shepard's Research on Plumbate Ware Hector Neff 8. Potter's Craft or Analyst's Tool? A Century of 205 Ceramic Technology Studies in the American Southwest Suzanne P. De Atley 9. New World Paste Compositional Investigations 224 Marilyn P. Beaudry 10. Specialization, Standardization, and Diversity: 257 A Retrospective Prudence M. Rice 11. A Formal Approach to Design: Symmetry and 280 Beyond Veletta Canouts 12. Ethnoarchaeology and Investigations of Ceramic 321 Production and Exchange: Can We Go Beyond Cautionary Tales? Dean E. Arnold 13. Archaeometry: The Perspective of an Administrator 346 Lambertus van Zelst 14. Toward an Integrated Interface for Archaeology and 358 Archaeometry Suzanne P. De Atley and Ronald L. Bishop Part III: Summary and Assessment 15. Appraising the Legacy: A Thematic Synthesis 383 Patricia L. Crown 16. Toward a Future Archaeological Ceramic Science: 394 Brief Observations From a Conference Jeremy A. Sabloff References 401 Index 461 Page vii Abbreviations and Acronyms AAS atomic absorption spectroscopy BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory CARD Center for Archaeological Research and Development CPCRU Chemical Paste Compositional Reference Unit CV coefficient of variation d.c. plasma direct current plasma ICP-AES inductively coupled plasma atomic energy emission spectrometry INAA instrumental neutron activation analysis LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory MASCA Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology NBS National Bureau of Standards NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NWAF New World Archaeological Foundation OES optical emission spectrometry PCRU Paste Compositional Reference Unit PIXE proton induced X-ray emission spectroscopy SARCAR Smithsonian Archaeometric Research Collections and Records SEM scanning electron microscope SI Smithsonian Institution TVA Tennessee Valley Authority Page viii UV ultraviolet WPA Works Project Administration XRD X-ray diffraction XRF X-ray fluorescence