Petrography as a technique for investigating Iroquoian ceramic production and smoking rituals |
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Authors: | Gregory V Braun |
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Institution: | Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2S2 |
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Abstract: | Petrographic data and macroscopic observations are used to examine some of the social contexts and functional considerations underlying the production of pottery containers and smoking pipes at Antrex, a Middle Ontario Iroquoian village site located in southern Ontario. Results suggest that while pottery was produced by small groups of people for widespread consumption within the community, pipes were made by individuals for their own personal use. Overall, this research supports the hypothesis that by the beginning of the Late Woodland period, a shift away from communal ritual practices led by ritual specialists or shamans had occurred. Smoking might have, in some contexts, become a solitary religious experience. |
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Keywords: | Petrography Ceramic Technology Middle Ontario Iroquoian Late Woodland Period Neolithic Shamanism Tobacco |
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