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Hohokam archaeology in the eightiesessay 1991 • Feinman, Gary M.
Hohokam • North America > Southwest and Basin
This study focuses on several key issues or areas of debate which the author believes to be particularly relevant for archaeologists working both in southern Arizona and in other regions. These areas involve topics in which significant changes in int...Patterns in Ceramic Production and Distribution, Periods Early I through Vbook chapter 1982 • Feinman, Gary M.
Highland Mesoamerican Late Preclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
Feinman examines the production and distribution of ceramics in the Valley of Oaxaca. He looks for evidence of administrative control over ceramic manufacture, distribution, and ceramic production locations during the different phases, starting with ...Appendix IXbook chapter 1982 • Feinman, Gary M.
Highland Mesoamerican Late Preclassic • Middle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
Feinman lists and describes, by phase, each settlement that was a ceramic production center....Changes in regional settlement patterns and the development of complex societies in southeastern Shandong, Chinaarticle 2008 • Underhill, Anne P. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Using data gathered from eleven years of systematic surface survey in southeastern Shandong, the authors describe changes in settlement patterns and settlement hierarchy, identify polities, and note some differences in ceramics over time, from the Ea...Chemical identification and cultural implications of a mixed fermented beverage from late prehistoric Chinaarticle 2005 • McGovern, Patrick E. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors collected samples from a range of ceramic containers found in a variety of contexts pertaining to the middle Longshan phase at Liangchengzhen, a regional center. Analysis on the residues extracted from the vessels provides evidence for th...