Ceramic Discoidal In The Southeastern United States

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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. Simons have been dated to about 2888 bce 4500 bp and ceramics of the orange and norwood cultures in northern florida to around 2460. 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.

Brown ph d professor of anthropology published in the university of alabama mcnair journal. Ceramics from the middle savannah river in georgia and south carolina known as stallings stallings island or st. Thomas potter and ian brown published a paper entitled the ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states in the university of alabama mcnair journal. Here s the abstract for the ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states by thomas a.

Interesting question wayne and i would love to hear what others may have to say. 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. 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. The ceramic discoidal in the southeastern united states. The appearance of ceramics in the southeastern united states does not fit the above pattern.

The discoidals resemble old style ceramic or brass doorknobs in size and shape and are sometimes simply referred to as doorknobs by artifact collectors. Mission san antonio de padua mission san josé and the. Its origins context and significance. See more ideas about native american pottery artifacts indian pottery.

Florida anthropological society publications number 6. Modified ceramic disks have been recovered from historic era sites across the americas.