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The Swift Creek gift : vessel exchange on the Atlantic Coast / Neill J. Wallis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallis, Neill J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woodland culture--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States).
- Woodland culture.
- Indians of North America--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Indian pottery--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)--Analysis.
- Indian pottery.
- Ceremonial exchange--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States)--History.
- Ceremonial exchange.
- Social interaction--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States).
- Social interaction.
- Social archaeology--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States).
- Social archaeology.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States).
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Swift Creek Site (Ga.).
- Atlantic Coast (Ga.)--Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (Ga.).
- Atlantic Coast (Fla.)--Antiquities.
- Atlantic Coast (Fla.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A unique dataset for studying past social interactions comes from Swift Creek Complicated Stamped pottery that linked sites throughout much of the Eastern Woodlands but that was primarily distributed over the lower Southeast. Although connections have been demonstrated, their significance has remained enigmatic. How and why were apparently utilitarian vessels, or the wooden tools used to make them, distributed widely across the landscape? This book assesses Woodland Period interactions using technofunctional, mineralogical, and chemical data derived from Swif
- Contents:
- What is a gift?
- The Swift Creek cultures
- Cultural history and archaeological overview
- Instrumental neutron activation analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction
- Petrographic analysis : patterns of Swift Creek interaction
- The form, technology, and function of Swift Creek pottery
- The Swift Creek gift.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8484-7
- OCLC:
- 745697217
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