Anthropological Papers, No. 51: Observations on Some Nineteenth-Century Pottery Vessels from the Upper Missouri

Authors

Smithsonian Institution
Bureau of American Ethnology
Waldo R. Wedel

Sponsor

Matthew W. Stirling

Committee

Bureau of American Ethnology

Congress

84th Congress, 2d Session

Files

Description

Published as a bundle of anthropological works sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, paper number 51 is an analysis of 25 pottery specimens from the Upper-Missouri area. These specimens are attributed to the Lewis and Clark expedition, to army personnel, and to other travelers. The origin of the pottery is uncertain, though there are indications that some pieces may have originated from Fort Berthold, Fort Buford, and Fort Stevenson. The paper offers background on pottery making in the Upper-Missouri, noting that the Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa tribes made paddle-and-anvil pottery rather than coil pottery. Further background observations help illuminate the possible history of the pottery specimens found. The paper includes illustrations and a map.

Publication Date

1-1-1957

Keywords

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Nineteenth-Century, 19th Century, Fort Buford, Fort Stevenson, paddle-and-anvil, pottery, upper-Missouri

Organizations Referenced

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

People Referenced

Waldo R. Wedel, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Matthew W. Stirling

Publisher

Government Printing Office

Disciplines

American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History

Recommended Citation

Wedel, Waldo R. Anthropological Papers, No. 51: Observations on Some Nineteenth Century Pottery Vessels from the Upper Missouri, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957. https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/40/