Locally-Made or Transported Heirlooms?: XRF Source Analysis of Post-Removal Choctaw Ceramics from Southeastern Okahoma

Author(s): Patrick Livingood; Shawn Lambert

Year: 2015

Summary

This paper explores the benefits of using compositional analysis in order to investigate whether post-removal Choctaw-made ceramics were locally made in southeastern Oklahoma and/or were transported from their original homeland in east-central Mississippi. A total of 20 sherds were analyzed using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) to determine their chemical composition. 10 sherds are from two post-removal Choctaw sites, 34MC544 and 34MC399 and were compared with 10 sherds from the Pevey site, 22LW510. Similarities and/or variations in chemical composition of Choctaw-made sherds may shed light on the symbolic importance of why and how the Choctaw chose to maintain traditional pottery manufacturing practices during the post-removal period.

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Locally-Made or Transported Heirlooms?: XRF Source Analysis of Post-Removal Choctaw Ceramics from Southeastern Okahoma. Shawn Lambert, Patrick Livingood. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 398365)

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Keywords

General
Ceramics • Choctaw • XRF

Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast

Spatial Coverage

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