book chapter

Temper analysis of ceramics: Appendix D

Field Museum of Natural History • (21) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 201-211

By: Lucius, William A..

Abstract

'Analysis of sherds from the Kayenta, Long House, and Klethla valleys was undertaken to examine possible exchange of ceramics among valleys as a measure of their levels of interaction during the Tsegi Phase.... Determination of intraregional ceramic movements initially requires identification of temper and paste combinations that can be correlated with specific locales of manufacture.... [T]hese apparent production locales defined by temper are called tracts ... and indicate there was consistent selection of a specific tempering agent for ceramic production that varied from place to place….' (page 201). Lucius determined the most likely sources of the raw materials used to produce the ceramics and found that different temper sources were used to produce the whitewares for each valley. 'The distribution of ceramics by temper type over the research area indicates that the largest production localities, or localities from which whitewares were distributed the farthest, seem to have been located at the two ends of the research area.' (page 210). The ceramics did not show a clear gap between production locales and so do not appear to reflect the political boundaries as seen in the settlement pattern. Instead, ceramics gradually change with distance from their production locality.

HRAF PubDate

2012

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Archaeologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

Sarah Berry; 2011

Field Date

not specified

Coverage Date

Tsegi phase; 750-700 BP (AD 1250-1300)

Coverage Place

northeastern Arizona, United States

Notes

William A. Lucius

LCCN

06020329

LCSH

Pueblo Indians--Antiquities

Ceramics--Research

Archaeology--Methodology

Indian pottery