Early Pottery in the Southeast
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A01=Kenneth E. Sassaman
Author_Kenneth E. Sassaman
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Product details
- ISBN 9780817306700
- Weight: 511g
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Mar 1993
- Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 4500 years ago, it took nearly two millennia 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. This is a Dan Josselyn memorial publication.
