The organization of Chinese ceramic production from the Tang to the Ming periods: archaeological evidence from ceramic workshops

This paper analyzes the plans and layouts of Chinese ceramic workshops from the Tang to Ming periods (seventh to seventeenth century AD) to understand how ceramic production was organized and how organization developed over time. Through the comparative examination of 254 workshops from 96 workshop sites, two workshop types have been defined based on the spatial arrangement of their production facilities. This paper argues that each workshop type reflects a different degree of labor specialization, and despite some regional differences, the organization of ceramic production developed in a consistent way across China.

本研究针对公元7至17世纪（唐代至明代）中国陶瓷作坊的平面形制与空间布局展开分析，旨在厘清陶瓷生产的组织模式及其随时间的演化路径。本研究通过对96处作坊遗址内254座作坊的比较考察，依据生产设施的空间排布特征界定出两类作坊形制。研究认为，两类作坊形制分别对应不同的劳动专业化水平；尽管存在一定区域差异，但中国范围内的陶瓷生产组织模式整体呈现出统一的发展脉络。