1. Analysis of Early Ceramics and
Fire Cracked Rock from
the Snapp Site, Delaware
Darcy Anne DePetris

2. Local ceramic vessel

4. Stone Boiling

5. Rocks are heated and rinsed

6. Hot rocks are placed in cooking container to
cause boiling

7. Cooled rocks are removed and replaced

8. “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 in
conjunction with fire, were the ways used for cooking.” Hilary Stewart

9. The Excavated Feature

10. Snapp Site
Location
of feature

12. Early ceramic sherd

13. Fire Cracked Rock (FCR)

14. FCR Assemblage

15. FCR Vessel sherds

16. Sweat Lodge

17. Earth Oven

18. Hearth

19. Snapp Site Ceramic Vessel

20. Snapp Site Ceramic Vessel

21. FCR from Snapp site

22. FCR from Snapp site

23. Color Change
Before After

24. Fracture caused by heating
Before After

25. Attributes collected : size, shape, weight,
broken facet count, raw material, color

26. Conclusion

27. Acknowledgements
All images used courtesy of the University of
Delaware Center for Archaeological Research
Thank you Professor Custer and Andrea
Anderson for all of their help and support.