In a message dated 6/8/2004 11:35:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Good start folks! Let's build on this beginning.  Now for the big question
that plagues Jake Ivey, Russ Skowronek, and me:  How do we classify what we
out
in the West call Missionware (undecorated earthenware made by Indian neophytes
in missions, often with no previous ceramic experience, usually on the wheel
and in Euro shapes).  How is this different from colonoware in the East (or is
it).  Tackle that one if you want a tough nut to crack.
Bob Hoover
Bob - if you accept Ferguson's definition of colonoware  as an overarching
type "like creamware" then your Missionware is in fact "colonoware" - which is
why I have argued for years that his definition and its application is flawed,
even in the Southeast where it originated.... Carl Steen