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Abstract
The Angel Mounds site has the largest number of negative painted pottery sherds of any single site in the Eastern Woodlands. Previous research by Sherri Hilgeman (1985, 1991, 2000) on this pottery type has provided a detailed description of its variation in form, style, and age. Her investigation also attempted to determine its function and method of manufacture, utilizing ethnohistorical and experimental archaeology data. This article summarizes preliminary studies to both test and expand on Hilgeman's research of negative painted pottery with an intrasite spatial study, an organic residue analysis to determine its use, and geochemical techniques to define its manufacture and source.