. Bulletin. Ethnology. Webb AND DhJaenettb] ARCHEOLOGY OF PICKWICK BASIN Table 17.—Relative frequency of ceramic tempers 127 Type Temper Number of sherds Percent No. 1 Fiber. 657 88 276 185 121 49 6 Sand . 6 6 No. 3 Limestone No. 4 Clay-grit 1 No. 5 ... Shell 9 1 Total 1,326 It appears that some of these types are much more numerous than others and have quite a different distribution as to depth. Figure 33 shows the relative depth distribution of the total pottery complex. It is apparent that while pottery began about the bottom of zone A at a depth of 6 feet and continued
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Webb AND DhJaenettb] ARCHEOLOGY OF PICKWICK BASIN Table 17.—Relative frequency of ceramic tempers 127 Type Temper Number of sherds Percent No. 1 Fiber. 657 88 276 185 121 49 6 Sand . 6 6 No. 3 Limestone No. 4 Clay-grit 1 No. 5 ... Shell 9 1 Total 1,326 It appears that some of these types are much more numerous than others and have quite a different distribution as to depth. Figure 33 shows the relative depth distribution of the total pottery complex. It is apparent that while pottery began about the bottom of zone A at a depth of 6 feet and continued to the top of the mound, its use LIMESTONE CLAY-GRIT SAND SHELL 2 Ul t- z o H .1 > a .J < z UJ ^ -J T J o in (0. 184 TOTAL —1326 Figure 33.—Distribution of potsherds by half-foot levels, site Lu° 59. was relatively slight during the building of the first 4 feet of zone A. At the 2-foot level, the use of pottery suddenly increased to times its former use, and by the time the 1-foot level was laid down its use had again more than doubled. This rather astonishing development may be due to marked changes in sedentation taking place in the hfe of the shell-mound dwellers at this level. Perhaps a change in the food supply or in the method of preparation of food made a greater supply of pottery necessary. However, this sudden increase in the amount of pottery used is also accompanied by the appear- ance in quantity of new types not previously used below the 2-foot level. This would seem to suggest effective contacts with other pottery-making peoples who could supply new techniques of manufacture which resulted in new ceramic types. Figure 33 shows the depth distribution of aU five ceramic wares found at this site. The bar charts accompanying this table present a picture of the development of each ware with Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of th
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