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 Unpublished master’s thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.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