Ceramic Patterning and Social Structure at Two Late Historic Upper Creek Sites in Alabama

Bibliographic Data

ID2567039
AuthorsRoy S Dickens (Georgia State University, corresponding author), James H Chapman
Year1978
Volume43
Issue3
Pages390-398
Publication date1978-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/279394
OpenAlexW1964132300
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

This study examines the variability in Ocmulgee Fields ceramics from 2 nearly contemporaneous Upper Creek Indian sites at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in central Alabama. The intent is to demonstrate that differences between the 2 pottery assemblages reflect differences in the social settings at the 2 sites. Frequencies of ceramic types and of selected attributes are tested for statistical significance using chi-square, and the strength of the assumed relationships are evaluated using 1 or more measures of association. The tests support a contention that ceramic vessels in use at the temporary, warrier-refugee settlement of Tohopeka were more frequently of utility forms and were generally larger and less decorated than vessels in use at the permanent, family-structured settlement of Nuyaka. It is suggested that similar studies of ceramics from sites for which the historical record is not as complete as it is for the Horseshoe Bend sites might reveal potential distinctions in social structure and behavioral patterning that would be developed primarily from the archaeological record

Archaeology · Ceramic · Geography · Horseshoe (symbol) · Pottery · Settlement (finance) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Materials Science

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub