Copador Ceramics (pottery) (Classic and Epiclassic in Central America)

[dyzarktarzk]

Again with a weird question due to classes...

Now, I need info on the Copador Pottery of Honduras and El Salvador (Classic and Epiclassic Period 600-800 B.C.).

I've googled "Copador ceramic", "Copador pottery", "Copador ceramic characteristics", and also in Spanish.  The results?  Got until page 20 on google (also in scholar.google) with a lot of

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[dfotw]

What terms are you using in Spanish? When I googled "cerámica copador" I got some promising results, including a short Wikipedia article; in the sources of that, you can find the following:

Copador Polychrome Vessels: Hemispherical bowls, bowls with composite walls, cylindrical vases, and jars with painted designs in red, black and optionally yellowish orange on a cream to light orange base. The red paint used is almost always specular (small flecks of crystals flash as the vessel is moved in strong light). Copador paste is cream colored (or sometimes very light brown) and is not very hard or dense. Designs (usually on the exterior) may include bands of motifs derived from Maya glyphs, seated individuals, individuals in a swimming position, melon-like stripes, birds or other animals, and others. Rare examples have excavated lines or patterns. Copador Polychrome may usually be distinguished on the basis of its specular red paint and cream colored paste

[dyzarktarzk]

Thanks =)

I've found the article yesterday XD (before writing and trying directly on scribd XDD).

In Spanish I've used "Ceramica Copador", "Caracteristicas de la ceramica Copador", and a little mix of other words. But... I'm starting to thing something weird happens with my home internet connection.

At University (with other things, letter of marquee search (patente de corso)) I got totally different results =P

Again, thanks for your help =D

[maladaptive]

That sounds like something you should hit up a university's reference librarian and see if they can pull up something on the ILL? I studied pre-Inca ceramics (mostly Moche but it was a survey class) and IME a lot of the stuff I wanted just wasn't available online. Granted this was about 5 years ago, and a lot's happened since then.

Also: does your school have a ceramics lab? Mine did, and while they didn't have much of what I wanted to study, they had books not in the library, and the people working there had resources/contacts, if you can get into contact with any arch/anthropology professors. My school didn't have an archaeology program for anything but classical/Near Eastern, and they still had South American references.

You definitely need to hit up JSTOR if you have access-- that's where all the anthro/arch info is. Or at least, it was for me. What's the limitation on your access? If you're really limited, you should try a search string on copador pottery in the subject/summary, it'll give you the most hits. IIRC, you're

[dyzarktarzk]

Thanks =3

Ohh, that's nice to know!!! =3

Have to tried with Jstor and ask a professor to get them for me =3 (Haven't thought about that =X)

Have NO Access to American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, Ancient Mesoamerica, Cambridge Journals... *sigh*

Limited access to American Anthropology. And others that can't remember atm =P

[maladaptive]

Awww, that's a bummer. All unis should have full access, that's how you make JSTOR addicts! It's a marketing plan.

Can you tell I miss JSTOR? /sob

[dyzarktarzk]

I know!! ;__;

I'm addicted at least trying to find references... but without full access *cries*

Forgot to add:

Have some access to ScienceDirect (Elsevier)... but... how is it possible to have so limited access?? *cries more*

It seems my university have more love to Medicine and Heatlh Sciences, Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Agriculture, etc., instead of the Social Sciences *angry glare*. It can be young... but... but... why no books on all interest areas!! (okay, the money...) but at least full access to become more addicted to Jstor!!

[randomstasis]

See if you can pull up the Rice and Bill references from this article;
http://soa.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/MimicryDecorationOrDialectVariation.pdf
, since a quick skim didn't show composition discussed in the text.

[dyzarktarzk]

BIG THANKS!!!

I just love this community =D