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Iroquoian Stemware

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Martha A. Latta
Martha A. Latta*
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Division of Social Science, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, West Hill, Ontario, Canada MIC 1A4
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Abstract

Ceramic vessels with goblet-like stems have been identified in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Iroquoian sites in southern Ontario. Material and technology indicate local origin for these wares. It is suggested that they were modeled on the French Catholic chalice and used by the Iroquoians for magical or healing rituals. This constitutes a rare example of European-Indian religious syncretism demonstrable in the archaeological record.

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American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , October 1987, pp. 717 - 724
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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