Event Details
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015
Lecture - Crafting Culture among Pre-Columbian SE Native Americans
Time: 4:00 pm til 5:00 pm
Location: USF Anthropology, 4202 E Fowler Ave SOC 127, Tampa
Description: Dru McGill, Ph.D.
Craft goods are ubiquitous at most Midwest and Southeast pre-Columbian archaeological sites. These artifacts, such as pottery vessels and utilitarian tools, often represent the repeated everyday actions of individuals who live within complex networks of households and other communities. As such, manufacturing and depositional details relating to the production and consumption of ancient Native American crafts are significant data for archaeologists. In this talk, I will discuss my current and future research with plainwares and other crafts from the Mississippian site of Angel Mounds, demonstrating how detailed quantitative analyses of seemingly ordinary objects can contribute to anthropological understandings of identity negotiation, foodways, technological choice, and other convergences of people and things. I will also highlight applied public archaeology issues central to my work, including ethical and scientific obligations for the re-study of legacy collections, the curation and dissemination of digital data in anthropology museums and laboratories, and efforts to build material culture-based bridges between the lives of past and present people.
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