Early pottery in the Southeast : tradition and innovation in cooking technology /

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A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication Among southeastern Indians pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation. But even though pottery was available in the Southeast as early as 4,500 years ago, it took nearly two millenia before it...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sassaman, Kenneth E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Indian pottery > Southern States.
Indian pottery > Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.)
Indians of North America > Southern States > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > Antiquities.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Sud) > Antiquités.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Antiquities.
Indian pottery.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Archeologische vondsten.
Keramiek.
Keukengerei.
Indianen.
Southern States > Antiquities.
Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.) > Antiquities.
États-Unis (Sud) > Antiquités.
Southern States.
United States > Savannah River Valley.
Zuidelijke staten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Problem Orientation and Overview; 2. Early Ceramic Vessel Technology in the American Southeast: Retrospect and Prospect; 3. Archaeological Review of the Late Archaic Period in the Savannah River Valley Region; 4. Sample Selection, Methods of Analysis, and Component Chronology; 5. Innovations in Late Archaic Cooking Technology; 6. Social and Economic Contexts of Early Ceramic Vessel Technology; Afterword; Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates for Late Archaic Sites in the Savannah River Valley Region; References; Index

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