This work looks at contact between ancient American cultures. It integrates evidence from replicas of maize on ancient pottery vessels with other biological and archaeological evidence to establish a degree of contact between Mesoamerica and the Andean region in precolumbian times.

This is an up-to-date account of the different kinds of information that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery.

The Clay World of Çatalhöyük explores the dual function of clay as raw material and landscape factor. It presents a new interpretation of major clay-related material culture transitions by offering a revised landscape setting for this important Early Neolithic site.

This book combines findings from archaeology and anthropology on the making, use and distribution of hand-made pottery, the rhythms of mobility involved and the transformations triggered by such processes, discussing different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches.

This volume presents recent research on the relationship between the material format of text-bearing artefacts, the texts they carry, and their genre. The essays cover a vast period, from the counting stones of the late 4th millennium BCE to the time of the Great Hittite Kingdom in the 2nd millennium BCE. The breadth of substantive focus allows new insights of relevance to scholars in both Ancient Middle Eastern studies and the humanities.