@Misc{fdr_mods_00000346,
  author = 	{Vindrola-Padr{\'o}s, Bruno
		and Scholtus, Lizzie},
  title = 	{Eye-tracking data for article: Technical variation in the Konyak Naga tradition of steam-cooking pottery (Mon district, Nagaland, India)'},
  year = 	{2026},
  month = 	{Jul},
  day = 	{26},
  abstract = 	{This folder contains all the scripts and data used to carry out the eye-tracking analysis of the paper Technical variation in the Konyak Naga tradition of steam-cooking pottery (Mon district, Nagaland, India) Paper abstract: This study examines technical variation in pottery production and use by foregrounding contingent, material-driven sources of uncertainty. Drawing on ethnoarchaeological research with Konyak Naga potters in Nagaland (India), we analyse how steam-cooking vessels, i.e. globular perforated pots used to prepare sticky rice, are produced, used, and degraded, and how these processes interact. By combining observations, interviews, and eye-tracking recordings, we demonstrate how breakage phenomena and the technical requirements of steam-cooking incentivise variation in forming techniques and operational sequences. Findings indicate potters display great technical flexibility in the production of steam-cooking vessels by alternating paddle-and-anvil, pinching and pestle-pressing techniques, as well as expediency in the acquisition and transmission of the craft, suggesting that adaptation to material constraints is embedded in practice. Furthermore, we also characterised the use-alteration traces specific to this cooking method, i.e. soot patterns, ash-based sealants, surface cracks and steam spalls, according to two household assemblages in Tanhai (n=12) and Shangnyu (n=3) villages, providing comparative criteria for interpreting steam-cooking evidence in the archaeological record, and also estimated vessel use-life from a 200-year-old assemblage. These results enhance our understanding of technical variation in pottery manufacture and use, as well as the archaeological visibility of steam-cooking methods.},
  doi = 	{10.57892/100-346},
  url = 	{https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/receive/fdr_mods_00000346},
  url = 	{https://doi.org/10.57892/100-346},
  file = 	{:https://opendata.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRZipServlet/fdr_derivate_00000361:TYPE},
  language = 	{en}
}