ANTH 364/564: Ceramic Analysis (Browne Ribeiro): Exercise

Sabo III, G. & Hilliard, J.E. (2008). Woodland Period Shell-Tempered Pottery in the Central Arkansas Ozarks. Southeastern Archaeology 27(2): 164-171. 

Read the following questions, and then read the abstract of the article and skim through the sub-headings to get an idea of what the article is about. Then, respond to the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of this article? What are they investigating and reporting? 


2. What information do you notice throughout the article that would help you with your research design and protocol if you were to have an assemblage from the Ozarks? 


3. How would you go about locating more sources on this site or region? What keywords would you search? 


4. What kinds of questions would you ask to critique this article?