Mainfort et al. (1997)

Neutron-Activation Analysis of Pottery from Pinson Mounds and Nearby Sites in Western Tennessee: Local Production vs. Long-Distance Importation

R. C. Mainfort, J. W. Cogswell, M. J. O'Brien, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock(1997). Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 22:43–68.

Abstract

Investigations at Pinson Mounds, a major Middle Woodland ceremonial center in west-central Tennessee, have recovered considerable quantities of stylistically non-local pottery. Neutron activation analysis was conducted at the Missouri University Research Reactor on 114 pottery samples from Pinson, using 40 pottery samples from sites near Pinson as a locally produced compositional baseline. This study indicates that all analyzed pottery from Pinson was locally produced; no evidence was found for long-distance importation of pottery. Implications of this study to other Middle Woodland ceremonial centers are presented, as are the dynamics of non-Pinson vessel movement in the area.

Number of samples in dataset: 170

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Recent research reported by the Archaeometry Lab at MURR after June 2005 is based on support by the National Science Foundation under our current grant number 0504015.
Earlier research was supported by several NSF grants, including the following numbers: 8801707, 9102016, 9503035, 9802366, 9977237, 0102325, and 0405042.  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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