In this Book
- Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
summary
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Among southeastern Indians pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation. But even though pottery was available in the Southeast as early as 4,500 years ago, it took nearly two millenia before it was widely used. Why would an innovation of such economic value take so long to be adopted?
The answer lies in the social and political contexts of traditional cooking technology. Sassaman's book questions the value of using technological traits alone to mark temporal and spatial boundaries of prehistoric cultures and shows how social process shapes the prehistoric archaeological record.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. vii-viii
- List of Figures
- pp. ix-xiii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- References
- pp. 245-278
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817384265
Related ISBN(s)
9780817306700
MARC Record
OCLC
44955431
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1993