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Technology and Organisation of Inka Pottery Production in the Leche Valley. Part II: Study of Fired VesselsF. Hayashida Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA W. Häusler, U. Wagner Physik-Department E15, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany J. Riederer Rathgen-Forschungslabor, Schloss-Str. 1a, D 14059 Berlin, Germany Abstract Ceramic finds from the Inka workshops at Tambo Real and La Viña in the Leche Valley in northern Peru were studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy, thin section microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Sherds of Inka style vessels and of local style vessels can be distinguished by their shape, although local techniques appear to have been used in making both types. A reconstruction of the firing techniques by scientific studies of the ceramic material does not reveal a substantial difference in material or in the firing of both forms, although high firing temperatures were necessary to achieve sufficient stability of the large Inka style vessels. It cannot be decided whether the smaller local vessels were fired together with the Inka vessels or separately. Most of the variation in the maximum firing temperature can be explained with the normal temperature and atmosphere fluctuations in an open pit kiln. Keywords pottery workshops, Leche Valley, Inka style pottery, local pottery, Mössbauer spectroscopy, thin section microscopy, X-ray diffraction, firing techniques Previous Abstract | Download Article | Next Abstract | | |||||
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