essay

Early ceramic development in the Gulf coastal plain

early woodland archeology • 2 • Published In 1986 • Pages: 546-563

By: Jenkins, Ned J., Dye, David H., Walthall, John A..

Abstract

Jenkins, Dye, and Walthall write about the ceramic of the Gulf tradition. These ceramics first appear around 4500 B.P. and they consistently have decorations such as incising, punctating, fingernail pinching, rocker stamping, straight dentate stamping, and rim bosses. The authors trace the evolution of the Gulf tradition '…from initial developments on the southern East Coast, through the gradual diffusion westward of this ceramic technology into the lower Mississippi Valley. Data are presented which indicate that certain decorative treatments and stylistic motifs that eventually appear in early Woodland ceramic complexes along the central and upper reaches of the Mississippi River diffused upvalley out of a Gulf-tradition base.' (page 546). they discuss the spread of ceramics to the western Gulf coastal plain and then their development to 2100 B.P. They include descriptions of Tchefuncte, Alexander, Thomas Creek, and Bayou La Batre ceramics and compare them to Florence and Liverpool to show some of the associations. Only the data that pertain to the Early Woodland time period of 3000 B.P.-2100 B.P. were indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) subjects.

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2005

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

2200 BP-2100 BP (1200 B.C.-100 B.C.)

Coverage Place

southeast United States

Notes

Ned J. Jenkins, David H. Dye, John A. Walthall

Papers presented at the Kampsville Early Woodland Conference held on Nov. 5th and 6th, 1982, and sponsored by the Center for American Archeology

Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-563)

LCCN

86025855

LCSH

Indians of North America--Antiquities