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On the Origins of Flat-Backed Canteens in the American Southwest.
- Source :
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Kiva . Sep2017, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p249-266. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Since water-transport vessels are often a highly conservative vessel form, the appearance of a new water vessel shape—the flat-backed canteen—in the American Southwest around the time of Spanish arrival raises questions concerning its introduction. This paper documents the presence of the flat-backed canteen in the American Southwest from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries and explores changes in their distribution and use through time. A total of 128 flat-backed canteens were analyzed from archaeological and ethnographic collections, while 97 additional New World canteens were documented through an extensive literature review. Its contemporary use in Spain is demonstrated, in addition to its arrival in the Spanish-controlled Caribbean. I conclude that multiple Pueblos adopted the form in the sixteenth century, followed by a contraction in use in the eighteenth century, and a revival of the form in the nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *CANTEENS (Beverage containers)
*CERAMICS
*MAMMARY glands
*PUEBLOS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00231940
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Kiva
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124062785
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2017.1336970