A comparison of formative cultures in the Americas
Subtitle: diffusion or the psychic unity of man.
Contributors: Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Smithsonian contributions to anthropology,
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Indians -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 195-211.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Development of the Formative concept -- Definition of the Formative -- Selection of evidence -- Setting the stage for the American Formative -- Chronology and radiocarbon dates. Ohio chronological column -- Illinois chronological column -- Georgia coast chronological column -- North Florida chronological column -- Mobile Bay-Florida northwest coast chronological column -- Louisiana chronological column -- Veracruz chronological column -- Valley of Mexico chronological column -- Tehuacán chronological column -- Chiapas chronological column -- Soconusco, Guatemala chronological column -- North coast of Colombia chronological column -- Coastal Ecuador chronological column -- Central highland Peru chronological column -- North and central coast of Peru chronological column -- Geographical and chronological distribution of selected traits. Settlement pattern: Village plan and ceremonial constructions -- Tools. Core and blade industry -- Reamers -- Axes and Celts. Grooved stone axes -- T-shaped stone axes -- Rectangular and petaloid Celts -- Grinding stones for preparing food -- Small ornaments and artifacts. Lapidary industry: beads -- Lapidary industry: small ornaments -- Tools of the lapidary industry. Sandstone saws -- Drilling techniques -- Earspools and earplugs -- Mirrors -- Finger rings -- Combs -- Distinctive artifacts. Figurines -- Tubular and platform pipes -- Flat and cylindrical stamps -- Bark beaters -- Pottery and stone vessels and appendages. Small wide-mouth pot -- Paddle-stamped Woodland amphora -- Tecomate or neckless jar -- Flat-base stone bowl -- Flat-base pan -- Composite silhouette bowl -- Round-base simple bowl -- Simple bowl with flat base -- Vessel feet -- Ring and pedestal bases -- Stirrup-spout bottle -- Straight-necked bottle -- Bridge-spout bottle -- Teapot vessel -- Pottery decoration. Red slip and zoned red slip -- Red paint zoned by incised lines -- Unzoned and zoned rocker and linear stamping -- Excised decoration -- Negative painting -- Thickened decorated, outflaring lip with decoration, and labial flange -- Broad-line incised designs -- Zoned-hatched designs -- Double-line break motif -- Human face on vessel neck and shoulder -- Engraved zoned crosshatched designs -- Summary of trait distributions -- Colonial formative diffusion in the Americas. Archeological complexes -- Valdivia and Machalilla Phases of coastal Ecuador -- Puerto Hormiga Phase of north coastal Colombia -- Fiber and sand tempering -- Vessel shapes -- Scallop-shell stamping -- Horizontal incised lines -- Punctated decoration -- Finger-made dimples -- Adornos -- Drag-and-jab incising -- Circle and dot -- Monagrillo Phase of Panama. Bowl shapes -- Tecomate-shaped jars -- Red slip on bowls -- Engraved decoration -- Excised rectilinear designs -- Sarigua Phase of Panama. Composite silhouette bowls -- Jars with collars -- Applique decoration -- Scallop-shell stamping -- Zoned punctating -- Brushing -- San Juan Phase of north coastal Peru. Zoned large punctations -- Horizontal incised lines -- Applique fillets -- Negritos style of north coastal Peru. Applique fillets and nodes -- Paita style of north coastal Peru. Wide-line incising -- Cambered rims -- Jars with angular shoulders and indented bases -- Painting -- Crude incision -- Tecomate -- Kotosh site, central Peruvian highlands. Looped or arched lines -- Vessel shapes -- Rectangular spirals -- Zig-zag motifs and circle and dot -- Excision -- Interrupted horizontal lines -- Guañape Phase of north coastal Peru. Applique fillets -- Applique nodes and finger punching -- Colonial Formative gap in Middle America -- Stallings Island complex of the Georgia coast -- Simple and shouldered bowls -- Punctations in incised lines -- Drag-and-jab incision -- Punctations in rows and panels -- Finger-pressed dimples -- Paneled incising, crosshatched incising -- Line-zoned hatching and crosshatching -- Orange complex of Florida -- Flat-base pans -- Tick Island Incised -- Broad-line diamonds -- Ayangue tradition -- Incised herringbone motifs -- Crossed bands of incised lines -- Line-filled triangles -- Dots or tick marks bordering motifs -- Hatched diamonds or squares -- Zig-zag bands with hatched backgrounds -- Crosshatched and hatched bands -- Late Orange features -- Rare Orange decorations -- Discussion -- Fourche Maline complex of Oklahoma -- Bayou La Batre complex of the Mobile Bay region. Flaring-side cup -- Globular pot -- Shell Stamping -- Summary and speculation about the Colonial Formative -- Theocratic Formative. Ceramics of Poverty Point, Louisiana -- A historical reconstruction.