Abstract	The prehistoric Oneota culture of the Upper Mississippi River Valley relied on pottery for storage, cooking and ceremonial purposes. Oneota pottery shards recovered from archaeological sites in the La Crosse area are composed of clay presumed to be from a local source. Un-tempered clay balls have also been found at archaeological sites in the La Crosse area. The un-tempered clay samples from archaeological sites provide the opportunity to compare clay collected by Oneota people to local clay sources. The focus of this research is a “forensic” exercise in which prehistoric clay samples are compared to samples recently collected from La Crosse area ridge-top and terrace clay sources. Comparisons are made on the basis of color and magnetic susceptibility. Magnetic susceptibility measurements are used to “fingerprint” the
Alternative title	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research
	UW-La Crosse JUR
Author	Ketterhagen, Lynn
Contributor	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Research Program
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Sponsor	Wilder, Dean
Type of resource	text
Genre	journal
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	2006
Date captured	2016-12-06
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse -- Students -- Research -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	College students -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Journals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Geography Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Earth sciences Authority: LCSH
Note	Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 9 (2006)
Use and reproduction restrictions	This material may be protected by copyright law (e.g., Title 17, US Code). For more information about the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library's copyright, fair-use, and permissions policies, please see https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/.
Collection	UWL Journal of Undergraduate Research
ID	3c1bba49-8c02-45b4-b439-dac96b962476/wlacu000/00000013/00000305
Stock number	WU76.U5 J6