The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program awarded a $165,000 Project Grant for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship, sponsored by Dr. Brandi L. MacDonald at the University of Missouri, supports an early-career scientist examining the intersection of aesthetics and politics in the production of ceramic vessels. The research project will focus on investigating the procurement of raw materials, including clays, tempers, and pigments, used in the production of polychrome ceramic keros. Geochemical and mineralogical analyses will be employed to identify the scales and sites of kero production. This research aims to expand scholarship on the role of craft production in the social and political relations of early states.
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