Just out of curiosity, do you have written accounts of Indians' making this
stuff, or just the archaeological evidence?  If the former, what did the
writers -- who were no doubt writing in Spanish -- call it?
    B. Fontana


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From: "Bob Hoover" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Florida ceramic type site


> 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
>