Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Paradigms of Pottery and Social Change The Limits of Ethnographic Analogy Collecting Data in the Field Data Reduction and Analysis The Plan of the Book Chapter 2: How Have the Population and Organization of Potters Changed? The Social Context Changing Production Organization Forces of Social Continuity Forces of Social Change Social Change and Increased Production-unit Size Conclusion Chapter 3: How Have Demand and Consumption Changed? Demand and Cultural Evolution Demand from Traditional Uses of Pottery New Demand and New Uses of Pottery Cycles of Demand and Their Changes Quantitative Measures of Change in Demand Conclusion Chapter 4: How Has Distribution of the Pottery Changed? Changes in Transportation Infrastructure Changes in the Types of Distribution Vertical Integration Conclusion Chapter 5: How Has Clay Procurement Changed? Under What Conditions Does Clay Procurement Change? How Do Changes in Clay Procurement Affect Procurement Organization? A Surrogate Measure of Production Intensity Procurement Intensity, Organization, and Production-unit Size Do Changing Clay Sources Reflect Evolutionary Social Change? Chapter 6: How Has Temper Procurement Changed? Changes in Temper for Cooking Pottery Changes in Temper for Non-cooking Pottery A Surrogate Measure of Production Intensity Control and Access to Temper Sources Conclusion Chapter 7: How Has Composition of the Pottery Fabric Changed? Behavioral Changes in Paste Preparation Changes in Paste Composition over Time Conclusion Chapter 8: How Has the Forming Technology Changed? Why Were New Fabrication Techniques Adopted? Changes in Forming Technology Choosing a Technique Changing Explanations of Dimensional Variability Conclusion Chapter 9: How Has Firing Technology Changed? Changes in the Procurement and Use of Fuel Changes in Kiln-making Technology Task Segmentation and Specialization in Firing Changes in Kiln Sizes and Their Distribution among Potters Conclusion Chapter 10: Conclusion Summary of Changes The Conservative Nature of Household Production Efficiency Paradigms: Social Change and Specialization References Cited Index.