essay

Swift Creek designs: a tool for monoriting interaction

world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 99-111

By: Snow, Frankie, Stephenson, Keith.

Abstract

Snow and Stephenson 'describe and discuss intraregional Swift Creek design contacts with a focus on data obtained from ceramic assemblages recovered during recent salvage excavations at the Hartford site (9PU1) in south-central Georgia.' (page 100). The Hartford site has Early and Middle Swift Creek components. These design elements from wooden ceramic paddles used to make Swift Creek pottery show the Hartford site interacted with sites up river during the Early Swift Creek period and mostly down river during the Middle Swift Creek period. This may indicate people migrated downstream during this later period. They conclude, though, that design distribution may occur from seasonal movement, trade, or marriage of people from different centers and could be from either paddle or vessel movement.

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

North America

Sub Region

Eastern Woodlands

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry ; 2003

Field Date

1988-1989

Coverage Date

Early-Middle Swift Creek

Coverage Place

southern Georgia, United States

Notes

Frankie Snow and Keith Stephenson

For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot

LCCN

98009001

LCSH

Woodland culture