Early pottery in the Southeast [electronic resource] : tradition and innovation in cooking technology / Kenneth E. Sassaman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sassaman, Kenneth E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian pottery--Southern States.

Indian pottery.

Indian pottery--Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.).

Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.)--Antiquities.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Southern States.

Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.)--Antiquities.

Savannah River Valley (Ga. and S.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 was widely used. Why would an innovation of such economic value take so long to be adopted? The answer lies in the social and political contexts of traditional cooking technology. Sassaman's book questions the value of using technological traits alone to mark tempora

Contents:

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

Notes:

"A Dan Josselyn memorial publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8426-X

0-585-23191-5

OCLC:

818882864