1. Analysis of Early Ceramics and Fire Cracked Rock fromthe
Snapp Site, Delaware Darcy Anne DePetris
2. Local ceramic vessel 3. Stone Boiling 4. Rocks are heated and
rinsed 5. Hot rocks are placed in cooking container tocause boiling
6. Cooled rocks are removed and replaced 7. Without any knowledge
of pottery, coast Indian peoples boiled,simmered, steamed, baked,
toasted and roasted most of their food. Box,basket, earth pit, rock
oven, hot ashes, and roasting tongs and sticks all inconjunction
with fire, were the ways used for cooking. Hilary Stewart 8. The
Excavated Feature 9. Snapp Site Location of feature 10. Early
ceramic sherd 11. Fire Cracked Rock (FCR) 12. FCR Assemblage 13.
FCR Vessel sherds 14. Sweat Lodge 15. Earth Oven 16. Hearth 17.
Snapp Site Ceramic Vessel 18. Snapp Site Ceramic Vessel 19. FCR
from Snapp site 20. FCR from Snapp site 21. Color ChangeBefore
After 22. Fracture caused by heatingBeforeAfter 23. Attributes
collected : size, shape, weight, broken facet count, raw material,
color 24. Conclusion 25. AcknowledgementsAll images used courtesy
of the University ofDelaware Center for Archaeological
ResearchThank you Professor Custer and AndreaAnderson for all of
their help and support.
