book chapter
Petrographic observations of selected sherds from Wind Mountain: appendix 6
Mimbres mogollon archaeology: Charles C. Di Peso's excavations at Wind Mountain, by Anne I. Woosley and Allan J. McIntyre • (10) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 367-371
By: Stoltman, James B..
Abstract
From the Wind Mountain site in New Mexico, twenty painted and unpainted sherds were selected for petrographic analysis. Thin sections of the sherds were then subjected to both qualitative and quantitative observation. Quantitative data were based upon a point-count procedure in which the total area of each thin section was observed at 1 mm. intervals. An estimate of the relative proportions of mineral constituents (i. e. clay matrix, silt, sand, and temper) was thus compiled as a percentage of the total counts per thin section. Through this procedure, four basic properties of the sherds were observed: (1) paste exclusive of temper, (2) kind of temper, (3) temper amount, and (4) temper size (p. 367).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2010
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- AD 550 - AD 1150
- Coverage Place
- Late Pit House Period, Wind Mountain Site, New Mexico, United States
- Notes
- James B. Stoltman
- LCCN
- 95004395
- LCSH
- Mimbres culture--Gila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)
- Indians of North America--Commerce--Gila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)
- Indians of North America--Gila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)--Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Gila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)
- Wind Mountain Site (N.M.)
- Gila River Region (N.M. and Ariz.)--Antiquities