%0 Journal Article
%T Shifting priorities apparent in Middle and Late Woodland ceramics from Nova Scotia
%A Cora A Woolsey
%J North American Archaeologist
%@ 1541-3543
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0197693118806070
%X In the Maine¨CMaritimes Region, the Late Woodland (1350¨C500 BP) Period is thought to have been accompanied by a decrease in ceramic quality because of less-skilled potters. Although ceramics made during the Late Woodland tend to physically degrade easier than earlier ceramics because of coarser pastes and less well-joined coils, the reasons for the change in manufacturing practices have not been explored. Using the ceramic assemblage from the Gaspereau Lake Reservoir Site Complex in King¡¯s County, Nova Scotia, Canada, this study used simple statistical techniques to suggest that potters increasingly used more expedient manufacture through time. These practices would have enabled potters to turn out pots under tighter deadlines to support large-scale gatherings that probably became more prevalent during the Late Woodland Period
%K Maine¨CMaritimes Region
%K ceramic technology
%K Mi¡¯kmaq
%K coiled and paddled method
%K technological evolution
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0197693118806070