Historical archaeologists working in the Middle Atlantic rarely use archaeometric techniques to source ceramics. Yet, there are several important research questions we can ask if we sourced more of our ceramics. This article presents the findings from a neutron activation analysis study that sourced 100 presumably locally-made vessels recovered from an early to mid-19th century enslaved quartering site in the northern Shenandoah Valley determined that 99 vessels were made in the region and were able to source 90% of the vessels to three towns in the region. Using these results, we argue that in the northern Shenandoah Valley it is not only possible to determine where consumers went to acquire locally-made ceramics, but that doing so lets us create histories of local ceramic industries that highlight consumer agency.

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它来自哪个城镇？：在大西洋中部采购当地制造的陶瓷

在大西洋中部工作的历史考古学家很少使用考古测量技术来采购陶瓷。然而，如果我们采购更多的陶瓷，我们可以提出几个重要的研究问题。本文介绍了一项中子活化分析研究的结果，该研究采购了 100 艘可能是本地制造的船只，这些船只是从 19 世纪早期至中期的雪兰多谷北部被奴役的营地回收的，确定该地区制造了 99 艘船只，并且能够找到90%的船舶运往该地区的三个城镇。使用这些结果，我们认为，在雪兰多谷北部，不仅可以确定消费者去哪里购买当地制造的陶瓷，而且这样做可以让我们创造突出消费者代理的当地陶瓷行业的历史。