UNO Collections: St. Louis Cathedral

Object/Artifact

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UNO Archaeological Research and Curation

Name/Title

UNO Collections: St. Louis Cathedral

Description

Assortment of 18th century ceramic fragments

Context

St. Louis Cathedral Excavation, Lot 31, Location EA3, CTX/LVL: 68, 9 JAN 2024

Collection

UNO Collections

Cataloged By

Courtney Mahler

Category

Ceramics

Research Notes

Person

Courtney Mahler

Notes

"Ceramics are one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record, appearing around the world and throughout time in almost every culture and context". (LibGuides, n.d.) Significance: "Fragments of pottery are likely the most abundant macro-artifacts to be found on archaeological sites of the last half-dozen millennia or more and tend to be preserved almost as well as lithics (stone tools)." (LibGuides, n.d.) Ceramics have a long history of development being one of the oldest and most versatile groups of materials. This is because of the different ways in which materials can be classified. Source: LibGuides: Ceramic Studies in Archaeology: An Updated Exploration of Materials Science Methods in Anthropology: Ceramics Defined. (n.d.). https://ala-choice.libguides.com/c.php?g=1336489&p=9846588#:~:text=Fragments%20of%20pottery%20are%20likely%20the%20most%20abundant,preserved%20almost%20as%20well%20as%20lithics%20%28stone%20tools%29.

Created By

anthropologyandsociology@uno.edu

Create Date

April 18, 2024

Updated By

drgray1@uno.edu

Update Date

October 2, 2024