Archaeologists have not readily applied collective action and institutional approaches to the
study of hunter-gatherers. This is especially true of the American Southeast. Here, I use a …

In the lower American Southeast, regional scale social interactions burgeoned alongside the
growth of nucleated villages, widespread mound-building projects, and conspicuous …

Fine-grained “chalky” pottery containing microscopic sponge spicules is commonly
recovered from archaeological sites throughout peninsular Florida, but many questions …

Archaeologists have long relied on material proxies of labor organization to identify different
social formations. Conventional wisdom holds that specialization is particularly integral in …

Abstract In eastern North America after ca. AD 1050, the spread of Mississippian cultures
sparked widespread transformations to economy, material culture, political structure, and …

Weeden Island mortuary ceremonialism united distinct cultures across the Late Woodland
social landscape. The Weeden Island pottery series is central to recognizing regional …

This paper disseminates results of recent compositional analyses highlighting fundamental
changes to the organization of pottery production in precontact southeastern North America …

We describe the curation and use of clay samples as part of the ceramic ecology program at
the Florida Museum of Natural History's Ceramic Technology Laboratory (FLMNH-CTL). We …

The oldest pottery technology in North America was innovated by hunter-gatherers
belonging to the Late Archaic Stallings culture (ca. 5150-3200 cal BP) of Georgia and South …

Abstract Tillandsia usneoides (L.), an epiphytic member of the Bromeliaceae (pineapple
family), has exceptional properties and biomimetic potential for technical textile applications …