Indigenous people in the Appalachian Summit area during the Middle Woodland period began crafting pottery around A.D. 200 that would continue for 800 years. Known as the Connestee series, the pottery was not elegant or complex, and contrasted with contemporaneous ornate pottery of fellow participants in the Hopewell Exchange Network. This contrast and the continuity of the Connestee series prompt questions regarding interaction, influence, and connectedness. What might the choices made by those who manufactured Connestee ceramics tell us about their relations with others? What can we learn from investigating the variations of Connestee pottery at different sites and times, and the pottery and trade goods that coexisted with Connestee ceramics? I pursue these questions through the review of archaeological site reports and analysis of curated artifact assemblages. I find that the effects of interaction, influence, and connectedness to be manifested in material culture through changes and continuity in pottery.