ABSTRACT
This chapter is based on a systematic classification of the pottery from seven sites of the Brahmaputra Valley: Ambari (Kamrup District of Assam), Bhaitbari (West Garo Hills of Meghalaya), Garhdol (Sonitpur District of Tezpur), Kakojaan (Jorhat District of Assam), Paglatek (Goalpara District of Assam), Rajpat (Koch Bihar District of West Bengal), and Suryapahar (Goalpara District of Assam). Multiple pottery attributes have been documented to develop pottery typologies across the seven sites. Further, the distribution pattern of these pottery types is compared within the site as well as across the seven sites of the Brahmaputra Valley. Through comparative pottery analogy, the degree of uniformity/similarity and distinctiveness within pottery forms belonging to a contiguous fluvial zone have been probed. The networks and linkages that exist in a connected geographical area usually aid in the transfer of ideas and knowledge. Within the economic sphere, the crafts and other production processes are influenced by this flow of information which is clearly manifested in the material culture such as pottery traditions.
