book chapter
Ceramics
Mesa Top Site: an early Mogollon village in southeastern Arizona, [by] Mary Jane Berman • (280) • Published In 1978 • Pages: 103-124
By: Preslar, Tony M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Preslar analyzed the ceramics found at the Mesa Top site. Found were Alma Plain and San Francisco Red. Alma Plain was used for cooking, but no burned vessel bases were found for San Francisco Red. Preslar compares the Mesa Top ceramics with those from other early Mogollon sites in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. 'The information recovered from the Mesa Top Site possibly indicates an earlier ceramic horizon lacking polished red wares. … Unfortunately, the data derived from the Mesa Top Site are not sufficient to definitely conclude that a pre-red ware horizon existed.' (page 124).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Ceramic technology
- Utensils
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mogollon
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1945±130 BP to 1440±180 BP (AD 55±130 to AD 560±180)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mesa Top site, eastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Tony M. Preslar
- Performed under State of Arizona Permit No. 77-04
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mogollon culture
- Indians of North America