Hidden in the Matrix: Using Compositional Analyses to Examine Social Boundaries at the Chickasawhay Creek Sites

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Kevin P. Wright See all items with this value

Date

2019

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Bibliographic Citation

Wright, Kevin P. 2019. Hidden in the Matrix: Using Compositional Analyses to Examine Social Boundaries at the Chickasawhay Creek Sites. Unpublished master’s thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

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• Thesis work conducted in conjunction with Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Cultural staff Ian Thompson
• Based on the Kemper County work conducted by TVAR
• Examination of identity through material culture studies
• Utilizes Chaîne Opératoire, which is nice to see in a ceramics study
• Also utilizes Indigenous Knowledge and perspectives on material culture classes and typologies
o Types such as Mississippi Plain were found to be more homogenous than previously thought
o Kemper Combed, traditionally associated with later Choctaw components, might be more temporally diverse than previously thought.
o Alabama applique, Grace Brushed might be early and originate in Alabama clays, indicating trade/exchange/movement across landscapes.
o Concludes that ceramic manufacture is representative of social groups and social cohesion.

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Mississippi See all items with this value

Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value

Ceramics See all items with this value

Specialized Analysis See all items with this value

Chickasawhay See all items with this value

Experimental Archaeology See all items with this value

Indigenous Knowledge See all items with this value

Combed See all items with this value

Chickachae See all items with this value

Shell Tempered See all items with this value

Relations See all items with this value

Commerce See all items with this value

Temporal Coverage

Postcontact See all items with this value

18th Century See all items with this value