AN ALTERNATIVE ONTOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF POTTERY PUNCTATION IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION PREHISTORY

摘要: Implements used in punctation and incising of prehistoric ceramic artifacts were potentially as meaningful the designs they imparted. Their use may have been prescribed by a perceived relationship between tool or its source vessel production intended function. Replicative experiments reveal various styli, but especially feather quills, native potters Appalachian Summit region applying punctations incisions to wet clay. Feathers birds because their roles beliefs, rituals, medicine Southeastern Indians. Results this study benefit typological refinements, studies function, traditional craft revitalization inquiries into animism.