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Smith (1969)
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Smith Map (1969)
The red numbers on this map relate to the internal provenience used in coding (columns 3 and 4). Smith (a.k.a. Pagerie).
Smith Site Ceramic Data (1969)
ceramic data from the Smith Site (Mohawk area)
Smith Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
ceramic data from the Smith Site (Mohawk) with regrouped attributes
Smokes Creek (R. Haas) (1993)
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Smokes Creek (R. Haas) Sherd Images (1993)
Scanned photos of rim sherds from the Smokes Creek (R. Haas) site in Orchard Park, NY.
Social Diversity and Public Interaction Space in Classic and Postclassic Mimbres (2015)
In the Mimbres region of the US Southwest there is a substantial increase in the diversity of ceramic wares between the Classic (AD 1000-1130) to the Postclassic (AD 1250-1450) periods. As an increase in ceramic diversity could indicate the presence of a more diverse community, it is possible that Postclassic settlements would experience greater challenges in creating and maintaining social relationships within a settlement. Weissner (1983) suggests that people’s sense of predictability of...
Social interaction and communities of practice in Formative period NW Argentina: A multi-analytical study of ceramics (2016)
South-central Andean scholarship has extensively discussed a variety of circulation and exchange practices, with particular emphasis on llama caravan long-distance trade. In NW Argentina, traditional approaches proposed that regional interaction was an increasingly centralized process, based on typological similarities observed in a variety of materials across the region. While material culture styles and traits were undoubtedly shared, the unexamined focus on similarities leaves the mechanisms,...
Social Interactions at Gramalote: A Ceramic Production Perspective (2016)
Recent petrographic analysis of ceramics and comparative samples from the Formative site of Gramalote, on the North coast of Peru, allows us to brush a tentative portrait of ceramic production at or for Gramalote. Considering ceramics as part of a socio-economic network, the identification of different paste groups yields information relative to some of the interactions occurring at that time period in the Gramalote region.
Social Status and Inter-Household Interactions Amongst a 19th Enslaved Community (2013)
During the antebellum era, James Madison’s Montpelier was home to over one hundred enslaved African Americans. Within this broad community, distinctions in social status could have been apparent amongst the enslaved households, potentially creating a system of social hierarchy. At the same time, these households would have been connected to each other through a web of social interactions on a community wide basis. Utilizing crossmended ceramic vessels from five recently excavated enslaved...
The socio-economic landscape of the Postclassic site La Libertad, Soconusco, Mexico (2016)
This study explores the case of La Libertad, a secondary site located on the southern section of the Soconusco’s coastal plain, probably belonging to the Ayutla polity. The ceramic fragments collected systematically across the entire site are used here as a material correlate to explore expressions of hierarchy. The characteristics of the ceramic collection and the methodology used to recover the materials provide an ideal setting to study spatial patterns of distribution and the concentration...
A Socio-Economic Study of the Ceramics of 322 South Main Street, St. Charles, Missouri (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Meaning in Material Culture" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Lindenwood University has uncovered an unusually high density of 19th and 20th century ceramics in just two test units associated with a possible infilled cellar. The site is located along what used to be a small street or alley. The research questions being pursued are based on the idea of these ceramics being the result of primary deposition by...
A Socioeconomic Interpretation of 19th Century Archaeological Ceramics found at Contemporaneous, Culturally Diverse Sites on Ballast Point in San Diego, California (2016)
This research assesses the degree to which the type, form, and function of 19th century ceramics recovered from archaeological sites on Ballast Point reflect ethnic identities of their owners. A dualistic approach is employed to determine whether culture or economy played a greater role in influencing the acquisition of ceramic goods at these sites. Comparisons are drawn from contemporaneous deposits associated with a Chinese fishing camp (Trench 2), and a European American whaling operation...
Soil, Hands, and Heads: An Ethnoarchaeological Study on Local Preconditions of Pottery Production in the Wei River Valley (Northern China) (2017)
This paper approaches ceramic production by combining four aspects of data: geographic background, archaeological find, ethnoarchaeological work, and material analysis. Taking the middle Neolithic site of Yangguanzhai in Shaanxi as a case study, this paper examined the preconditions and processes of pottery making in northern China during the Yangshao Period (5000-3000 BC). Materials from over ten years of excavation and survey at Yangguanzhai and the results of ethnoarchaeological studies in...
Some Datable Artifacts from Remains of the Hendrick Andriessen van Doesburgh House of ca. 1650-1664 in Fort Orange (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "More than Pots and Pipes: New Netherland and a World Made by Trade" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Dutch West India Company constructed Fort Orange in 1624 on the west bank of the Hudson River about 150 miles north of Manhattan Island. In 1647 the Company began allowing private traders to build houses within the fort. Dutch deeds specified the locations of the private houses. Excavations revealed...
Sourcing Surface Treatments on Whiteware Ceramics from Southeast Utah Great House Communities (2024)
This is an abstract from the "Twenty Years of Archaeological Science at the Field Museum’s Elemental Analysis Facility" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Previous elemental research on ceramics from Chacoan Great Houses in southeast Utah produced unexpected results. Whereas painted whiteware serving bowls are traditionally thought more likely to be traded or procured from further away than grayware cooking pots, neutron activation analysis (NAA) of...
Southern Moche Politics Reevaluated: The Reconciliation of Relative (ceramic chronologies) and Absolute (radiocarbon) Dates. (2015)
Recently I performed a reevaluation of published radiocarbon dates for the Moche culture (200-900 AD). I only considered 14C samples obtained from short-lived plant materials found in association with "datable" ceramics (Moche I-V, and Early, Middle, and Late Moche). The purpose was to test the validity of the relative ceramic chronologies in each valley against absolute dates. For this paper, using Bayesian analysis I compare the well contextualized Moche dates from the Chicama Valley to...
A Spatial Analysis of Precontact Sites Containing Ceramics in Relation to Natural Resources and Landforms of Eastern Idaho (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. When comparing the volume of studies conducted concerning precontact ceramics in the eastern Snake River Plain of Idaho to its neighboring regions, it is evident that the underwhelming amount of information is due to the lack of samples and the provincial reliability of the samples. Many past studies have been limited to garnering research data from...
Spatial, Technological, and Functional Characteristics of Ceramics along the Southern California Coast (2017)
Prehistoric ceramics found across southern California have a discrete spatial distribution. While locally manufactured ceramics are common to the south and southeast of the Los Angeles River, prehistoric ceramic sherds are rare in deposits located to the northwest. This marked distribution is potentially explained through a few hypotheses. Populations to the north may have had access to resources necessary for pottery alternatives or may have differed in their settlement patterns, mobility,...
St. Lawrence Site Ceramic Data (2011)
ceramic data from the St. Lawrence Site (Jefferson County, NY)
St. Lawrence Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (2011)
ceramic data from the St. Lawrence Site (Jefferson County, NY) with regrouped attributes
Stewart (1990)
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Stewart Site Ceramic Data (2011)
ceramic data from the Stewart Site (Jefferson County, NY)
Storage, Cooking, and Transport. A Preliminary Residue Analysis of Ceramics from Mai Adrasha (2017)
This paper outlines the preliminary investigation of a collection of diagnostic and undiagnostic ceramics recovered from the site of Mai Adrasha, located in the Shire region of Ethiopia. Mai Adrasha is one of the largest and arguably most significant early town sites west of Aksum dating to the pre-Aksumite to Early Aksumite periods (12th century BCE-2nd century CE) located in the Western Tigray. The site consists of a cemetery and a domestic area characterized by a collection of stone walls and...