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Patterns in Local and Global Coarse Earthenware Sources in the Early Colonial Chesapeake (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Elizabeth A Bollwerk. Lindsay C Bloch.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Imaginaries, Regional Realities: 50 Years of Work in the Chesapeake", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Locally produced, lead-glazed coarse earthenware ceramics are ubiquitous in archaeological assemblages from Chesapeake households. Between the 17th-19th centuries, ceramic industries in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria, and eastern Virginia thrived despite the popularity of imported European...