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Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology

Book information

Publisher
University Alabama Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0817306706, 9780817306700
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19784171 bytes)
Series
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Pages
304\305
Time added
2015-05-19 14:14:44

Description

A Dan Josselyn Memorial PublicationAmong southeastern Indians pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation. But even though pottery was available in the Southeast as early as 4,500 years ago, it took nearly two millenia before it was widely used. Why would an innovation of such economic value take so long to be adopted?The answer lies in the social and political contexts of traditional cooking technology. Sassaman's book questions the value of using technological traits alone to mark temporal and spatial boundaries of prehistoric cultures and shows how social process shapes the prehistoric archaeological record.

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