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Ceramic Vessels, Site Permanence, and Group Size: A Mississippian Example

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Gary Shapiro
Gary Shapiro*
Affiliation:
Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research and The LAMAR Institute, Tallahassee, FL 32301
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Abstract

Data derived from analyses of vessel size and shape have been largely overlooked by researchers who seek to understand Mississippian site variability. Vessel form data are analyzed to demonstrate that relative site permanence and the relative size of group that lived at or visited sites are reflected in the size and shape of ceramic vessels. Vessel forms from four archaeological sites are compared, each of which played a different role within a single, late Mississippian society of the Georgia Piedmont.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 696 - 712
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1984

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