Ceramics, caste, and kin: Spatial relations in Rajasthan, India

Carol Kramer; John E. Douglas

doi:10.1016/0278-4165(92)90021-3

Ceramics, caste, and kin: Spatial relations in Rajasthan, India

Carol Kramer
, John E. Douglas

Anthropology

University of Arizona

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Abstract

Ethnoarchaeological research in two cities in Rajasthan, India, investigated relationships between social organization and ceramic distribution. Using a ranking system to evaluate kinship distance and digitized data on the locations of ceramics, potters, and vendors, this paper considers the relative priority of spatial and social propinquity. In transporting goods, interaction with distantly related kin sometimes overrides distance minimizing tendencies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	187-201
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4165(92)90021-3
State	Published - Jun 1992

Funding

i The fieldwork on which these observations are based was carried out by Kramer (1986 1984); it was supported by the National Science Foundation (BNS-82-02992) and the Smith-sonian Institution (SFCP TX003275 SFCP 20487600). Additional support was provided by NSF (R&8521420) and the City University of New York (PSC-CUNY Award Program 15 [RF-6642981). We are grateful to these agencies, which are of course in no way responsible for this “product”; to many individuals who facilitated both data acquisition and analysis (Kramer 1991:228f.); and to Doug Craig, Mark Elson, Jim Heidke, and Mike Schiffer, who commented critically on an earlier draft of this paper. * Shops in both cities sell numerous vessels imported from regional pottery-producing settlements. Interaction between external sources and the cities’ vendors is discussed elsewhere. Because we eliminated one vessel form, the diya (a lamp), whose availability fluctuates seasonally in tandem with the festival cycle, the actual number of ceramics considered here is smaller than those in the shop censuses. The sample used in this paper comprises 65,956 vessels recorded in Jodhpur and 21,017 in Udaipur. 3 Coding was done from the perspective of the supplier-showing ship to the potter-to avoid potentially confusing redundancies.

Funders	Funder number
SFCP TX003275 SFCP 20487600
BNS-82-02992, 8521420
City University of New York	RF-6642981

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