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Neutron activation analysis of ceramics from Mandeville and Swift Creek
world engraved : archaeology of the swift creek culture • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1998 • Pages: 112-129
By: Smith, Betty.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Smith describes her neutron activation analysis of ceramic samples from Gerogia and Florida. The lab work done in 1975 was meant to show the reliability of neutron activation when samples were carefully screened but the results were inconclusive. More recently Smith returned to the data to do additional statistical analyses to see if trade accounted for the distribution of some of the ceramics. The results of the statistical analyses 'offer limited support to a hypothesis of trade as one of the cultural processes involved in the distribution of Swift Creek ceramics.' (page127). Smith believes that the results were limited partly due to the homogeneity of Coastal Plains soils in Georgia. The sites where she obtained her samples are briefly described along with the lab procedures from 1975.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Ceramic technology
- Visual arts
- 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
- (lab date) 1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Middle Woodland
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Block-Sterns site (8LE148), Mandeville site (9CY1), Swift Creek site (9BI3); Florida and Georgia, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Betty Smith
- For bibliographical references see 9: Williams and Elliot
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98009001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Woodland culture