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Woodland potters and archaeological ceramics of the North Carolina coast / Joseph M. Herbert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herbert, Joseph Miner.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woodland culture--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Woodland culture.
- Indian pottery--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Indian pottery.
- Pottery craft--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast--History.
- Pottery craft.
- Indians of North America--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Social archaeology--North Carolina--Atlantic Coast.
- Social archaeology.
- Atlantic Coast (N.C.)--Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (N.C.).
- North Carolina--Antiquities.
- North Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first comprehensive study of the meaning of pottery as a social activity in coastal North Carolina.Pottery types, composed of specific sets of attributes, have long been defined for various periods and areas of the Atlantic coast, but their relationships and meanings have not been explicitly examined. In exploring these relationships for the North Carolina coast, this work examines the manner in which pottery traits cross-cut taxonomic types, tests the proposition that communities of practice existed at several scales, and questions the fundamental notion of ceramic typ
- Contents:
- Sketch of the region's Woodland history
- Explaining ceramic patterns
- Techniques of analysis
- Haag's excavation of Bandon, Cape Creek, and Whalen
- Recent excavations at Papanow, Pond Trail, and Riegelwood
- MacCord's excavation of McLean Mound and recent excavations in the Sandhills
- A Woodland ceramic sequence for eastern North Carolina
- The spatial distribution of coastal pottery types
- Ceramic boundaries and social spaces.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8119-8
- OCLC:
- 650060138
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