Petrography of locally produced pottery from the Dutch colonial Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1327-1337

  Jordan, Stacey C ^a   Schrire, Carmel ^a   Miller, Duncan ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ceramic petrography; Coarse earthenware; Colonialism; Dutch East India Company (VOC); Historical archaeology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COLONIALISM; PETROGRAPHY; TRADE FLOW;

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 0032763560     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0375     Document Type: Article

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