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Slip in Archaeological Pottery1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Vladimir J. Fewkes
Vladimir J. Fewkes*
Affiliation:
University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
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It is well known that the term slip, as used among archaeologists, has no uniform connotation; nor has it been defined satisfactorily either by archaeologists or by technologists. The loose and indiscriminate practice of subjective “slip reckoning” has produced numerous fallacies and untenable “classifications” in literature. The purpose of this note is to consider the properties and functions of a slip with respect to archaeological pottery. Any concern with historical retrospects of cogent nomenclature, or with individual instances illustrating misconceptions and confusions, lies outside my present scope. Nor is it my intention to settle any “problem.”

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American Antiquity , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , July 1942 , pp. 118 - 119
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1942

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Footnotes

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This paper was prepared by Dr. Fewkes for presentation at the meetings held in Andover, Mass., December 27-30, 1941. His illness and untimely death prevented his attendance. Ed.

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1 This paper was prepared by Dr. Fewkes for presentation at the meetings held in Andover, Mass., December 27-30, 1941. His illness and untimely death prevented his attendance. Ed.