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Ceramic Affiliations in the Northwestern Plains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Alice B. Kehoe*
Affiliation:
Museum of the Plains Indian, Browning, Mont.

Abstract

There are three prehistoric or protohistoric ceramic traditions in the Northwestern plains. The Shoshone tradition is represented by Great Falls ware, found immediately east of the Rockies in central Montana, and probably made by an eastern Plateau tribe. The Pisamiks tradition includes two wares: Ethridge ware in Alberta and northern Montana, probably made by the Blackfoot; Wascana ware in Saskatchewan, closely similar to Selkirk focus pottery in southeastern Manitoba, and probably made by the Cree. The Mandan tradition includes Hagen ware, found along the Yellowstone River in southern Montana, and probably made by the Crow, as well as the pottery made by the Mandan-Hidatsa along the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1959

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