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Shifted Perspectives on Dave
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This chapter outlines the results of an archaeological project at the site of America’s first alkaline-glazed stoneware manufacturing center in Pottersville, one mile north of Edgefield, in the summer of 2011. The expedition discovered a 105-feet long “industrial” kiln. According to Calfas’s calculations regarding the population at the time and their estimated needs for pork and grain storage, the massive size of the kiln cannot be related to community needs alone. Only a “master potter” could have participated in the production of such a volume of storage vessels indicated by the presence of so large a kiln. David Drake is argued to be that master potter. Using archaeological data and a re-evaluation of historical research, this chapter claims that Dave the Potter was instrumental in maintaining a heretofore unknown “industry” in South Carolina.
Title: Shifted Perspectives on Dave
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This chapter outlines the results of an archaeological project at the site of America’s first alkaline-glazed stoneware manufacturing center in Pottersville, one mile north of Edgefield, in the summer of 2011.
The expedition discovered a 105-feet long “industrial” kiln.
According to Calfas’s calculations regarding the population at the time and their estimated needs for pork and grain storage, the massive size of the kiln cannot be related to community needs alone.
Only a “master potter” could have participated in the production of such a volume of storage vessels indicated by the presence of so large a kiln.
David Drake is argued to be that master potter.
Using archaeological data and a re-evaluation of historical research, this chapter claims that Dave the Potter was instrumental in maintaining a heretofore unknown “industry” in South Carolina.
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