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Estimating Original Firing Tempieraiure in Low Fired Prehistoric Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

James K. Feathers
James K. Feathers*
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University of Washington. Department of Anthropology, Seattle, WA 98195
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Abstract

The river valley clays used for prehistoric pottery throughout much of Eastern North America require a nonplastic additive, or temper, to improve their workability and reduce drying shrinkage. During the Late Prehistoric (roughly after 900 AD) crushed shell was added as temper along most of the river valleys of the Midwest and along portions of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990 , 549
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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