Dissertation
Basketry from the Ozette Village Archaeological Site: A Technological, Functional, and Comparative Study
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
1977
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006237
Abstract
In this study prehistoric basketry items, including baskets, cradles, hats, mats, and tumplines, from the Ozette Village Archaeological site and other Northwest Coast water-saturated archaeological sites are examined on three analytical levels. First, the basketry attributes (modes) are considered and compared between the sites. Second, basketry stylistic/technological classes are created using a paradigmatic classification framework. These basket, hat, and mat classes are also compared between sites through the use of cluster analysis techniques. The results of these comparisons clearly indicate a continuity of basketry styles in three separate regions of the Northwest Coast for the last 2,000 to 3,000 years, potentially indicating techno-cultural continuity in these regions. Third, a functional classification of the basketry items from Ozette Village and other sites is considered. The Ozette basketry artifacts are ideal for this purpose, since they generally are recovered in their original position in a prehistoric household and contain original contents. The arrangement of the basketry objects in Ozette House I indicate the location of different family units. Functional categories of basketry in each family area reflect the status and activities of the household members. Comparisons of basketry functional categories from each Northwest Coast wet site demonstrate site-use differences. Major village sites, fishing stations, and shellfish gathering areas are separated in cluster analysis since they produce different frequencies of basketry categories. The three-level analysis of basketry from Ozette Village and other Northwest Coast wet sites demonstrates a special analytic value for basketry artifacts in Northwest Coast prehistory research.
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- Title
- Basketry from the Ozette Village Archaeological Site
- Creators
- Dale R. Croes - Washington State University, Department of Anthropology
- Contributors
- Richard D Daugherty (Chair)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Anthropology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 479
- Identifiers
- 99901087341301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation