The use of ethnoarchaeology for the archaeological study of ceramic production

Ethnoarchaeological studies have longed served as a critical source of hypo theses, comparative data, and explanatory frameworks for archaeologists int erested in describing and explaining ceramic production. In this paper, I l ay out the central questions addressed by archaeologists studying craft pro duction, discuss how ethnoarchaeology has contributed to our understanding of ancient production systems, and suggest avenues of further research that can benefit archaeological investigation of the organization of ceramic pr oduction.