I for one, wish that we could just delete the whole "Colonoware" concept. The ceramics made by Native Americans,
African Americans and Euro-Americans may all be made by hand, unglazed and low fired, but beyond that they have
little to do with one another. Considering Colonoware as a broad type (as Ferguson said, like Creamware) is incorrect
and can only lead to continued confusion. This willingness among historical archaeologists to accept superficial
similarities such as this without question is a major problem--one step removed from the ancient astronaut theorists, I'd
say.
My opinion
Carl Steen
and by the way Ned, I think that Creolization explains the devleopment of Colonoware in the SC Lowcountry quite well,
and have assembled documentary and archaeological evidence to support this contention.....
5/27/2001 6:46:08 AM, ned heite <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Bill Liebeknecht wrote:
>>Colonoware has many definitions but I can say that in Trenton N.J. some was
>found at the Old Barracks by Hunter Research Inc.
>
>Bill has hit the heart of the matter. For years, we have been
>lumping all hand-built, low-fired, European-style domestic pottery
>into this catch-all category.
>
>In truth, "colono" is a broad category, with many local varieties,
>from many different parent traditions.
>
>There are European sources for this technology, and I am pretty sure
>that we have seen "colono" pottery that was made by European
>immigrants, using their own native traditions, without any influence
>whatever from Native American or African sources.
>
>Colono is a technique, not a ware. And it is present in the European
>culture that was brought here by our white ancestors. There are
>other colono wares that clearly are pure Native American products,
>and others show African antecedents.
>
>In America, after the first generations of contact, local "colono"
>wares were developed with apparent creolization. But this process has
>not been documented.
>
>After years of debate (much of it ethnocentric), I doubt that we
>really have a handle on this stuff.
>
>
>--
>*****[log in to unmask]******
>* *
>* Word of warning: *
>* Never believe any *
>* statement by any *
>* outfit with the word *
>* "weather" in its *
>* name *
>* *
>************************
>
|