Reevaluating Precolumbian Pottery of the Florida Keys
Author(s): Karolina Valerio-Romero; Traci Ardren
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Recent excavations by the Matecumbe Chiefdom Project at two large midden sites in the Florida Keys have provided better contextual and chronological information on Keys ceramics than previously available. In combination with examination of ceramic materials from this collection, our paper will discuss the characteristics of precolumbian ceramic technology of the Keys and place it in regional context. We discuss vessel forms, design elements, and possible food choices. We also offer some preliminary thoughts on the complex interconnections between gender, work, and technology in the development and spread of pottery which resulted in crucial economic advances among South Florida’s precolumbian peoples.
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Reevaluating Precolumbian Pottery of the Florida Keys. Karolina Valerio-Romero, Traci Ardren. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474706)
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Keywords
Geographic Keywords
North America: Southeast United States
Spatial Coverage
min long: -93.735; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -73.389; max lat: 39.572 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 36752.0