Early Pottery in the Southeast : Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0817306706
ISBN-13
9780817306700
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Imprint
The University of Alabama Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 30th, 1993
Print length
312 Pages
Weight
511 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.30 x 2.10 cms
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Among Southeastern Indians, pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation, but it took nearly two millennia to be adopted. This book attempts to explain why an innovation of such economic value was so long in being fully exploited.
Among 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 4500 years ago, it took nearly two millennia 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. This is a Dan Josselyn memorial publication.
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