Iroquoian Ceramic Data
Part of: William Engelbrecht Resources
Data on some 10,000 New York Iroquois ceramic vessels.
William Engelbrecht began collecting ceramic data in 1968 for his Ph.D. dissertation, A Stylistic Analysis of New York Iroquois Pottery, University of Michigan, 1971 (now uploaded to tDAR). Ceramic attributes and ceramic types were recorded from Iroquoian village sites across New York State dating between the 15th and mid-17th centuries. After his dissertation research, Engelbrecht continued to add to these data. At present, over 10,000 ceramic vessels from 70 Iroquoian sites are represented in this project.
All the sites are briefly described in a document, About the Sites. The document, The Coding Sheet, describes the codes used for ceramic attribute categories and their values. For analysis, many of these values were grouped into larger categories. For example, vessel collar height was measured to the nearest millimeter, but for analysis only five height classes were used (1-11 mm, 12-21 mm, 22-31 mm, 32-41 mm, 42-99 mm). These regrouped attributes are listed in the document, The Coding Sheet along with the original attributes. A third document, The Recording Form document, reproduces the actual form used to record data. One recording form sheet was used for each vessel or portion of a vessel. Some 10,000 of these are now in the archives of Butler Library at Buffalo State College. The contents of a recording form are represented in tDAR as a row of data in a file. All three documents, About the Sites, The Recording Form, and The Coding Sheet, have been uploaded to this project.
In this project, each of the 70 sites is associated with two files: 1) the original attributes recorded and 2) the regrouped attributes. These were originally SPSS files, the former with the extension “.odata” and the latter with the extension “.rpt”. Conversion of these files to a format compatible with tDAR proved to be a major challenge. I hired Rob Peltier with this grant to assist with uploading these files but he encountered numerous difficulties. Initially, technical support staff at Buffalo State were not able to assist with this. We found the following on line: “How to convert SPSS files to Excel.” Initially, these were not helpful until we realized that we needed to have SPSS installed on the computer we were using. Paul Reynolds of Computer Services at Buffalo State gave us access to a computer with SPSS and further assisted us. Though we were able to convert the SPSS files to Excel files, we found that the alignment between the column headings and the values did not match up, making reading the files difficult and confusing. We found that the data display looked best if we turned the SPSS files into a pdf format and uploaded them to tDAR. Thus, the attribute files have been uploaded as document files, even though they are actually data files.
A second goal was to upload articles using these data. These articles were scanned and uploaded by William Engelbrecht.
Investigation Types
Collections Research
Material Types
Ceramic
Temporal Keywords
Late Woodland
Geographic Keywords
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North America (Continent)
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About the Sites (2003)
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This lists the identifying site number, the probable ethnic affiliation (Mohawk, Seneca, etc.) and the sample size. The original coding sheets are curated in the archives of Buffalo State College. Sites with a small sample size are not represented in this project.
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Adams (1970)
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This is a data set of ceramics from Adams. Adams is a Seneca Village dating to the latter part of the 16th century.
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Adams Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Adams site with regrouped attributes
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Atwell Fort (1969)
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.txt file containing data.
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Atwell Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Atwell Site (Onondaga) with regrouped attributes
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Bach (1969)
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.txt file
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Bach Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Bach Site (Oneida) with regrouped attributes
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Barker (1969)
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.txt file
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Barker Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Barker Site (Mohawk) with regrouped attributes
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Barnes (1969)
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.txt file
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Barnes Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Barnes Site (Onondaga) with regrouped attributes
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Belcher (1970)
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.txt file
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Belcher Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Belcher Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Buffum (1971)
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.txt file
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Buffum Information (2001)
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Nancy Rayner-Herter, The Niagara Frontier Iroquois, Ph.D., SUNY/Buffalo, Anthropology.
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Buffum Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1971)
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ceramic data from the Buffum Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Burr (1990)
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.txt file
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Buyea Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Buyea Site (Oneida) with regrouped attributes
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Buyer (1969)
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.txt file
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Cameron (1970)
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.txt file
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Cameron Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Cameron site with regrouped attributes
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Carlos (1990)
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.txt file
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Carlos Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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Regrouped Ceramic Attributes for Carlos (Jefferson County Site).
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Cemetery (1969)
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.txt file
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Cemetery Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Cemetery Site (Onondaga) with regrouped attributes
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Ceramic patterning between New York Iroquois sites (1978)
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This paper investigates the relationship between the spatial distribution of New York Iroquois sites and ceramic style.
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Chase (1969)
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.txt file
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Chase Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Chase Site (Onondaga) with regrouped attributes
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Chaumont (1990)
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.txt file
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Chaumont Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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Chaumont regrouped ceramic data.
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Chaumont Sherd Images (2012)
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The photos scanned in this file were done by Gordon Schmahl (technical specialist in SUNY/Buffalo's Anthro. Dept.) for Earl Sidler (grad. student in Anthro, SUNY/Buffalo) sometime in the early 1970's.
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Clifton Springs (1970)
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.txt file
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Clifton Springs Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Clifton Springs Site (Cayuga) with regrouped attributes
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Coding Sheet for the Iroquioan Ceramic Data (1968)
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This document is a list of the codes used for William Engelbrecht's Iroquoian Ceramic Data descriptions and analyses. The list descontains:1) the original attributes coded, and 2) attribute categories (consisting of re-grouped original attributes) used for ceramic analysis.
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Comments on Ceramics from the Footer and Farrell Farm Sites (2001)
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Publication of a 1981 manuscript on file at the Rochester Museum and Science Center on the Footer and Farrell Farm site ceramics.
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Cornish (1970)
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.txt file
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Cornish Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Cornish Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Cromwell (1969)
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.txt file
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Cromwell Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Cromwell Site (Mohawk) with regrouped attributes
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Depauville (1990)
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.txt file
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Diable (1969)
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.txt file
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Diable Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Diable Site (Oneida) with regrouped attributes
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Durfee (1988)
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.txt file
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Durfee Regrouped Ceramic Data (1988)
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Regrouped Ceramic Data
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Durfee Sherd Images (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht
These photos of Durfee sherds were made sometime in the early 1970's for Earl Sidler, then a grad. student at SUNY/Buffalo.
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Durham (1990)
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.txt file
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Durham M.A. (1971)
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The Durham Site: A Prehistoric Iroquois Component in Jefferson County, New York. Earl Sidler, III. M.A. SUNY/Buffalo Anthropology.
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Durham Map (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht
This map photo was in the Earl Sidler collection, now in the possession of Tim Abel. For more information on SUNY/Buffalo's excavations at Durham, consult the SUNY/Buffalo site files.
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Durham Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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Regrouped Ceramic Data
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Durham Sherd Images (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht
These scanned photos were in the Earl Sidler collection, now in the possession of Timothy Abel. They were probably done by Gordon Schmahl of the SUNY/Buffalo Anthropology Dept. in the early 1970's when the sherds from Harvard were on loan to Marian White.
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Dutch Hollow (1970)
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.txt file
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Dutch Hollow Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Dutch Hollow Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Ellis (1977)
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.txt files
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Ellis Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1977)
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ceramic data from the Ellis Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Englebert (1974)
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.txt file
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Englebert Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1974)
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ceramic data from the Englebert Site (Proto-Susquehannock) with regrouped attributes
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Erie (1991)
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Ceramic patterning within and between Erie village sites is discussed.
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Factory Hollow (1970)
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.txt file
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Factory Hollow Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Factory Hollow Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Farrell (1980)
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.txt file
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Farrell Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1980)
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ceramic data from the Farrell Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Footer (1980)
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.txt file
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Footer Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1880)
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ceramic data from the Footer Site (Seneca) with regrouped attributes
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Fort Drum (1990)
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.txt file
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Fort Drum Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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Regrouped ceramic attributes.
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Frank (1990)
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.txt file
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Frank Regrouped Ceramic Attributes (1990)
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.pdf file
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Freeman (1990)
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.txt file
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Freeman Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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pdf
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Genoa Fort (1970)
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.txt file
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Genoa Fort Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from Genoa Fort Site (Cayuga) with regrouped attributes
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Goodyear (1969)
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.txt file
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Goodyear Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Goodyear Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Green (1990)
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.txt file
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Green Lake (1970)
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.txt file
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Green Lake Regrouped Ceramic Data (1970)
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ceramic data from the Green Lake Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Green Sherd Images (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht
This scanned photo is in the Earl Sidler collection, now in the possession of Timothy Abel. It was probably done in the early 1970's by Gordon Schmahl, then of the SUNY/Buffalo Anthropology Dept. when the material was on loan to Marian White.
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Haas (Smokes Creek) Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1993)
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ceramic data from the Haas Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Heath (1990)
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.txt file
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Heath Regrouped Ceramic Attributes (1990)
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.pdf file
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Heath Sherd Images (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: William Engelbrecht
The scanned photos of Heath sherds were created for Earl Sidler (a grad. student at SUNY/Buffalo) in the early 1970's. In the late 1980's Sidler gave these photos to Engelbrecht, who in turn gave them to Tim Abel. Engelbrecht borrowed these from Abel to scan and upload them to tDAR in 2012.
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Inferring Prehistoric Social and Political Organization in the Northeast (1980)
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Describes an approach to inferring social and political organization.
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Iroquoian Ceramics with Applique Collar (2007)
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This was a hand-out at the 2007 Conference on Iroquois Research, Rensselaerville, NY. It was in the context of an Archaeology Workshop organized by Martha Sempowski and Bill Engelbrecht. Why is this style so widespread? The frills on some of these pots suggest stylized breasts. The clay comes from Mother Earth and the contents of the pot nourished people. Did it have this meaning for the Iroquois? Was this style a reaction to the introduction of copper kettles? Did women view the introduction...
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Iroquois Site Chronology (2003)
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This two page chart portrays the relative temporal placement of some of the sites in this project.
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The Iroquois: archaeological patterning on the tribal level (1974)
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This study attempted to infer the existence of the League of the Iroquois. While not reflected ceramically, the results were considered in relation to warfare, trade, and the emergence of a new tribe.
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The Jefferson County Iroquoians (1990)
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This article provides summary data about Jefferson County Iroquoian sites.
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Kienuka (1978)
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.txt file
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Kienuka Information (2001)
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Nancy Raynor-Herter, The Niagara Frontier Iroquois, Ph.D. diss., SUNY/Buffalo (Anthro.)
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Kienuka Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1978)
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ceramic data from the Kienuka Site (Niagara Frontier) with regrouped attributes
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Kleis (1976)
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.txt file
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Kleis Regrouped Attributes (1976)
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.pdf file
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Kleis Sherd Images (1976)
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This scanned photo is of rim sherds formerly in the collection of Richard Buchauer.
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The Kleis Site Ceramics: An Interpretive Approach (1984)
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This paper seeks to explain the presence of applique ceramics on the Kleis Site.
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Klinko (1974)
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.txt file
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Klinko Regrouped Ceramic Attributes (1974)
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pdf file
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Martin (1969)
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.txt file
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Martin Site Regrouped Ceramic Data (1969)
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ceramic data from the Martin Site (Mohawk) with regrouped attributes
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Matteson (1990)
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Matteson Regrouped Ceramic Data (1990)
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Matteson Sherd Images (2012)
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These photos were made for Earl Sidler (a SUNY/Buffalo grad student) in the early 1970's.