The ethnoarchaeological study of style as communication of social identity and group boundaries arguably owes its theoretical origins to a seminal article by Wobst, published in 1977. This week's Brown Bag Lecture will present results from Brenda Bowser's dissertation research among Achuar and Quichua women in the Ecuadorian Amazon, examining the use of painted designs on pottery beer bowls to signal ethnic and political identity. This research is designed to contribute to the theoretical and methodological understanding of stylistic behavior as an active strategy of symbolic communication in small-scale, segmentally organized societies, building from Wobst' fundamental theoretical expectations.



Wednesday May 8, 1996
2052 North Hall

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