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Swift Creek design investigations: the Hartford case
world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 61-98
By: Snow, Frankie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Snow 'attempted to demonstrate that Swift Creek paddle designs are an important source of cultural information.' (page 98). Snow examines 'the data from the Hartford site, … as a case study in the reconstruction and analysis of Swift Creek art in an attempt to gain insight into what these people were thinking.' (page 61). Snow describes how he has studied Swift Creek ceramic designs and describes some of the symbolism behind the designs. Snow differs from others in that he trys to study the whole design as it would have appeared on the wooden paddle to better understand the people and their beliefs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Comparative evidence
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- Inter-community relations
- Cosmology
- Ethnometeorology
- Ethnozoology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Middle Woodland
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1988-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1650 BP-1550 BP (350 A.D.-450 A.D.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hartford site (9PU1), Georgia, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frankie Snow
- For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98009001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture