Prehistoric Pipes (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen Carmody. Ryan Hunt. Jera Davis. Natalie Prodanovich. Jon Russ.

Pipes, pipe-smoked plants, and the tradition of smoking in the Eastern Woodlands of North America have long interested anthropologists and archaeologists because these artifacts and activities are viewed as material correlates of ritual, ceremonial, and religious activities. While pipes are regularly recovered from archaeological sites, the remains of plants materials that were smoked are far more difficult to recover. Traditionally, the identification of pipe-smoked plants, such as tobacco,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Adam Sezate.

Smoking pipes have played an integral role for many American Southwestern groups. My research project conducts a thorough investigation into the construction of prehistoric ceramic and stone pipes. Using only stone tools, I conduct construction and use-wear analysis on the tools used to create pipes as well as the pipes themselves. I analyze the two materials most used among Southwestern Native American groups, local Southwestern clay (from the Tucson Basin) and vesicular basalt. Measuring the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott G. Beld. Stephen Brewer. Christine L. Smart. J. Tracy Luke.

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