A study of prehistoric soapstone vessels of the middle Atlantic region of the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shaffer, Gary D. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2015.
Series:	BAR international series ; 2712.
Subjects:	Indians of North America > Implements > Middle Atlantic States. Indians of North America > Implements. Stone vases > Maryland. Stone vases > Washington (D.C.) Stone vases > Middle Atlantic States. Soapstone > Maryland. Soapstone > Washington (D.C.) Soapstone > Middle Atlantic States. Antiquities, Prehistoric > Maryland. Antiquities, Prehistoric > Washington (D.C.) Antiquities, Prehistoric > Middle Atlantic States. Maryland > Antiquities. Washington (D.C.) > Antiquities. Middle Atlantic States > Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) > Maryland. Excavations (Archaeology) > Washington (D.C.) Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle Atlantic States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Identifying sites in the study area
The distribution of soapstone vessels and other soapstone artifacts
Technology of vessel manufacture
Decorated soapstone vessels
Conclusions and thoughts of soapstone vessel use and origins
Appendix 1. Identified sites and collections with soapstone artifacts
Appendix 2. Mean distances between nonquarries with soapstone artifacts and soapstone quarries
Appendix 3. Mean distances between soapstone quarries and streams/coastlines
Appendix 4. Mean distances between nonquarries with soapstone arifacts and streams/coastlines
Appendix 5. Analyses of collections from outside Northeastern Maryland.