ABSTRACT Pottery surface treatments are considered essential to waterproofing and strengthening low-fired porous pots, and they add characteristic elements of colour and texture to pottery assemblages. However, surface treatments do not receive the same attention as other stages of pottery chaînes opératoires in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in terms of the social context of production, how technological treatments vary across an assemblage, contribute to flavour and address ecological concerns and ontological perspectives. This paper presents an ethnoarchaeological study of the continuum of potter and customer surface treatments that are applied to pots to specialise vessels for use in regional culinary practices in three sub-regions of Tigray Regional state in northern highland Ethiopia. The choice of surface treatments and their application methods may further protect consumers from the perceived dangers that society attributes to these marginalised artisans.

中文翻译：

---

表面上：埃塞俄比亚北部高地提格里州州边缘化陶器生产和陶器表面处理的社会背景的民族考古学研究

摘要陶器表面处理被认为是防水和加固低火多孔花盆的必要条件，它们为陶器组合增加了色彩和质感的特征元素。但是，表面处理并未像撒哈拉以南非洲的其他地区一样受到人们的关注，特别是在生产的社会背景，整个组合中技术处理的变化，对风味的影响以及生态关注和本体论方面观点。本文介绍了在陶器和客户表面处理的连续性方面的民族考古学研究，这些处理方法应用于在埃塞俄比亚北部高地提格里州的三个子地区专门用于在区域烹饪实践中使用的容器的容器。