Yet studies of ceramic types and distributions also inform a host of research interests ranging from subsistence practices and settlement patterning (e.g., Braun 1983, 1985a, 1987; Struever 1965, 1968a) to social organization and interaction (Braun 1977, 1985b; Braun and Plog 1982; Houart 1973, 1975; Loy 1968; Morgan 1986; Neiman 1995).