Artisan Choices and Technology in Native American Pottery Production
| Autor: | R. Michael Stewart, George L. Pevarnik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | North American Archaeologist. 29:391-409 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3543 0197-6931 |
| DOI: | 10.2190/na.29.3-4.k |
| Popis: | Clay sources of potential use to Indian potters in the Middle and Lower Delaware Valley of the Middle Atlantic Region (eastern United States) are extensive and varied. Single massive exposures often contain clays of variable colors, although all seem workable, and laboratory experiments show that upon firing, color differences between these clays are discernible. Evidence from Late Woodland (post A.D. 800) archaeological sites in the valley show that certain of these clays are more frequently used by ancient potters than others, with clays that fire white to tan being rarely employed, but concentrated at a small number of sites. Particle size, petrographic thin section, and Instrumental Neutron Activation analyses are used to examine the nature of clays, archaeological sherds, experimental briquettes, and pots. Firing temperatures are estimated by refiring archaeological sherds at controlled intervals in an electric kiln. Technological and cultural factors that might explain the clay selection process and the distribution of white clay pots are explored. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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