Unsortable Wares: A Petrographic Analysis of Addis Temper from the Fatherland Site (22AD501), Adams County, Mississippi

<p>In the Lower Mississippi Valley from about 1200AD until European contact, two different ceramic tempers (and presumably cultures) existed side-by-side. Areas in which grog or clay tempering occurs are considered part of the Plaquemine Culture. Areas in which shell tempering predominates are considered part of the Mississippian Culture. Ceramic pastes that contain both shell and grog cause some classificatory confusion. This research examines the history of some of the confusion surrounding Addis ware/paste through its varying descriptions in the archaeological literature and attempts, through experiment and petrographic analysis, to give some insight into this paste recipe and its variability.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology and Sociology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Abbott, David Benjamin, Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Edwin Jackson
• Marie Danforth
• Amy Young

• petrography
• Natchez
• pottery
• Addis
• thin section
• Fatherland Site
• Archaeological Anthropology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/95

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1088