Date of Award
Spring 5-2015
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Chair
Edwin Jackson
Committee Chair Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Member 2
Marie Danforth
Committee Member 2 Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Committee Member 3
Amy Young
Committee Member 3 Department
Anthropology and Sociology
Abstract
In the Lower Mississippi Valley from about 1200AD until European contact, two different ceramic tempers (and presumably cultures) existed side-by-side. Areas in which grog or clay tempering occurs are considered part of the Plaquemine Culture. Areas in which shell tempering predominates are considered part of the Mississippian Culture. Ceramic pastes that contain both shell and grog cause some classificatory confusion. This research examines the history of some of the confusion surrounding Addis ware/paste through its varying descriptions in the archaeological literature and attempts, through experiment and petrographic analysis, to give some insight into this paste recipe and its variability.
Copyright
2015, David Benjamin Abbott Jr.
Recommended Citation
Abbott, David Benjamin Jr., "Unsortable Wares: A Petrographic Analysis of Addis Temper from the Fatherland Site (22AD501), Adams County, Mississippi" (2015). Master's Theses. 95.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/95