Interpretive Potential of Pottery from Domestic Contexts

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the behavioral significance of pottery from domestic structures excavated at a sixteenthto seventeenth-century site in northwestern Georgia. Stratigraphie, distribution, and artifact evidence indicate that individual sherds recovered from structure floors accumulated slowly throughout structure occupancy through loss and discard. Similar evidence indicates that whole and partial vessels from the same contexts were utensils abandoned when the structures were abandoned. Twelve morphological vessel types, distinguished in the collection re covered from the structure floors, are considered to represent the full range of vessel forms utilized by the site's inhabitants. Ethnographic studies are compared to identify common patterns of pottery use and discard. These patterns, employed in the interpretation of the pottery from the domestic structures, are evaluated for their applicability and usefulness in archaeological research.

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