Title
Ceramic Morphological Organisation in the Southern Caddo Area: The Clarence H. Webb Collections
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Analyses of ceramic vessel shape are neither new or novel; however, the relatively recent adoption of geometric morphometric (GM) methods by archaeologists provides a preview of the contribution of GMto the systematic and rigorous study of morphology as applied to material culture. This study is focused upon an analysis of Caddo bottle shapes for Belcher Engraved, Hickory Fine Engraved, Keno Trailed, Smith-port Plain, and Taylor Engraved vessels from the Allen Plantation, Belcher Mound, Gahagan Mound, and Smithport Landing sites in the Clarence H. Webb collections from northwest Louisiana. Results indicate some significant relationships between bottle shape and size (allometry), bottle shape and type, and bottle shape and site. A test of morphological integration indicates that the bottles are significantly integrated, meaning that those discrete traits used to characterise their shape (rim, neck, body, and base) vary in a coordinated manner, highlighting significant integration between suites of attributes. The SmithportPlain and Hickory (Fine) Engraved bottles found at the Belcher Mound, Smithport Landing, and GahaganMound sites also provide evidence for two discrete (north-south) base and body shapes.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.07.002
Repository Citation
Selden, Robert Z. Jr., "Ceramic Morphological Organisation in the Southern Caddo Area: The Clarence H. Webb Collections" (2018). CRHR: Archaeology. 278.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/crhr/278
