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Effects of Temper on Strength of Ceramics: Response to Bronitsky and Hamer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James K. Feathers
James K. Feathers*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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Abstract

Results of strength tests on sand- and shell-tempered ceramics reported by Bronitsky and Hamer (1986) are difficult to interpret because of flawed experimental procedures and have questionable relevance to the archaeological record. Results from an improved procedure suggest shell-tempered ceramics as produced in prehistoric southeastern Missouri were stronger and tougher than sand-tempered counterparts.

Résumé

Résumé

Los resultados de laspruebas de resistencia efectuados en los temperantes de las cerámicas, basicamente concha y arena, que han sido reportados por Bronitsky y Hamer (1986) son dificiles de interpretar, debido a que los procedimientos experimentales fueron defectuosos y ademds es cuestionable en lo que se refiere al registro arqueológico. Sin embargo, los resultados de procedimiemtos más refinados nos sugieren que la cerámica construída usando concha como temperante, durante el período Prehistórico de la región sur-oriental del estado de Missouri (E.U.A.).

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American Antiquity , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 579 - 588
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1989

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