Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology

Contents

List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Acknowledgments xv Contents 1. Problem Orientation and Overview 1 2. Early Ceramic Vessel Technology in the American Southeast: Retrospect and Prospect 14 3. Archaeological Review of the Late Archaic Period in the Savannah River Valley Region 42 4. Sample Selection, Methods of Analysis, and Component Chronology 83 5. Innovations in Late Archaic Cooking Technology 111 6. Social and Economic Contexts of Early Ceramic Vessel Technology 189 Afterword 231 Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates for Late Archaic Sites in the Savannah River Valley Region 235 References 245 Index 279 v ...