Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2plfb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-25T18:24:03.080Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Comment on Weaver's “Technological Analysis of Lower Mississippi Ceramic Materials”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James Warren Porter
James Warren Porter*
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Weaver draws conclusions that need to be supported by more experimentation before they can be taken seriously by archaeologists. Thin-section analysis of ceramics from the St. Louis area has yielded certain facts that are briefly presented in order to show that grog-tempering is common in the Mississippi valley. Crushed-sherd tempering is a cultural reality and does not represent inclusions in potter's clay as Weaver suggests.

Type
Facts and Comments
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 1964 , pp. 520 - 521
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1964

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Weaver, E. C. 1963 Technological Analysis of Prehistoric Mississippi Ceramic Materials: A Preliminary Reporr. American Antiquity, Vol. 29, No. 1, PP. 49–56. Salt Lake City.Google Scholar