Ceramic Discoidal In The Southeastern United States

Here s the abstract for the ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states by thomas a.

Ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states.

Here we examine these interpretations in light of collections from three colonial era sites in central california. Florida anthropological society publications number 6. Simons have been dated to about 2888 bce 4500 bp and ceramics of the orange and norwood cultures in northern florida to around 2460. The ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states.

Larger biconcave stone discs four to five inches in diameter called chunkey stones were used by mississippian societies of the southeastern part of the continent in a game of the same name. Brown ph d professor of anthropology published in the university of alabama mcnair journal. Dec 20 2015 explore kat smotherman s board native american pottery artifacts followed by 559 people on pinterest. Prudence rice then uf professor of anthropology now distinguished professor emerita at siu carbondale il from 1979 to 2017 the lab was overseen by ann cordell who also conducted most of the research projects undertaken by the lab.

1994 florida s first people. In the pensacola culture of florida broken potsherds were rounded off and reused as discoidal game pieces from wikipedia. Stoltman 1972 fiber tempered pottery in southeastern united states and northern columbia. Potter researcher in anthropology at the university of alabama wrote the following comments in his abstract regarding his work at the mound of phil archaeological park.

Its origins context and significance. Modified ceramic disks have been recovered from historic era sites across the americas. And ceramic technology laboratory publications. The florida museum ceramic technology laboratory was established in 1977 under the direction of dr.

Interesting question wayne and i would love to hear what others may have to say. The appearance of ceramics in the southeastern united states does not fit the above pattern. Potter ian w. The discoidals resemble old style ceramic or brass doorknobs in size and shape and are sometimes simply referred to as doorknobs by artifact collectors.

Ceramics from the middle savannah river in georgia and south carolina known as stallings stallings island or st. See more ideas about native american pottery artifacts indian pottery.