reviews: The Ceramics of Ráquira, Colombia

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 "[This book] makes an important contribution to the ceramics of Latin America because it documents the profound social embeddedness of peasant craft production and shows how this embeddedness exerts a significant role in the evolution of the craft. " - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Anthro Instit of Great Brit and Ireland

 This book makes an important contributino to the ceramics of Latin America because if documents the profound social embeddedness of peasant craft production and shows how this embeddedness exerts a significant role in the evolution of the craft. Royal Anthropological Institute

 "A well-written and well-illustrated treatise that introduces the broader anthropological community to an important ceramic-producing region and how its ceramic industry has coped with rapid socioeconomic change."-- Latin American Antiquity Latin American Antiquity

 "Introduces vital information about pre-industrial craft specialization and its transformation in the modern world." -Cultural Survival Quarterly Cultural Survival Quarterly

 "Makes an important contribution to the ceramics of Latin America because it documents the profound social embeddedness of peasant craft production and shows how this embeddedness exerts a significant role in the evolution of the craft." -Royal Anthropological Instititute Royal Anthropological Institute

 "Contains a wealth of information useful to practitioners and scholars interested in material culture studies in the Americas. Duncan successfully intertwines theories and ideas about economic change and its impact on the pottery traditions of Raquira. He also provides some intersting analysis of cultural systems and contributes some excellent descriptive sections that will intrigue future scholars." -CJLACS/RCELAC Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies


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