Ceramic Discoidal In The Southeastern United States

Thomas potter and ian brown published a paper entitled the ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states in the university of alabama mcnair journal.

Ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states.

The appearance of ceramics in the southeastern united states does not fit the above pattern. 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. Modified ceramic disks have been recovered from historic era sites across the americas. 1994 florida s first people.

See more ideas about native american pottery artifacts indian pottery. Here s the abstract for the ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states by thomas a. 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.

Florida anthropological society publications number 6. 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. The florida museum ceramic technology laboratory was established in 1977 under the direction of dr. Simons have been dated to about 2888 bce 4500 bp and ceramics of the orange and norwood cultures in northern florida to around 2460.

Dec 20 2015 explore kat smotherman s board native american pottery artifacts followed by 559 people on pinterest. Small unperforated disks are commonly interpreted as gaming pieces and larger perforated disks are often classified as spindle whorls. And ceramic technology laboratory publications. Here we examine these interpretations in light of collections from three colonial era sites in central california.

Brown ph d professor of anthropology published in the university of alabama mcnair journal. Interesting question wayne and i would love to hear what others may have to say. 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. In the pensacola culture of florida broken potsherds were rounded off and reused as discoidal game pieces from wikipedia.

Its origins context and significance. The ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states.