Mississippian village textiles at Wickliffe [electronic resource] / Penelope Ballard Drooker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drooker, Penelope B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mississippian culture--Kentucky.

Mississippian culture.

Mississippian pottery--Kentucky.

Mississippian pottery.

Indian textile fabrics--Kentucky.

Indian textile fabrics.

Indians of North America--Kentucky--Social life and customs.

Indians of North America.

Wickliffe Mounds (Ky.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Because textiles rarely are preserved in the archaeological record outside of deserts and permafrost areas, in many regions of the world very little is known about their characteristics, functions, production technology, or socioeconomic importance. While this fact is also true of organic fabrics produced during the Mississippian period in southeastern North Anerica, a wide variety of Mississippian textiles has been preserved in the form of impressions on large pottery vessels. From attribute analysis of 1,574 fabrics impressed on Wickliffe pottery sherds and comparison of the impres

Contents:

Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Setting the Scene; 3. Wickliffe Village; 4. Gleaning Information from Fabric Impressions: Methodology and Comparative Datea; 5. Characteristics of Wickliffe Textiles Impressed on ""Saltpan"" Pottery Definition of Sherd Sample; 6. Textile Production and Use at Wickliffe; 7. Regional Comparisons; Appendix A: Definitions of Textile Terms; Appendix B: General Methodology for Making Casts and Taking Measurements; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8363-8

0-585-23218-0

OCLC:

817893268