Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 11: Toward a Unified Theory of Ceramic Production and Distribution: Examples from the Central Arizona Deserts

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Jeffrey Altschul

Year: 1997

Summary

In Chapter 11, Whittlesey describes the production and distribution of prehistoric ceramics in the lower Verde Valley. She then compares these patterns to similar data from the Agua Fria drainage and the Tonto Basin. Finally, she suggests that production and distribution patterns of ceramics in central Arizona may be better explained with a ceramic environment approach, which highlights the relationships between the landscape and the human use of resources. Whittlesey’s proposed approach centers on considerations of procurement, distribution, and use.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 11: Toward a Unified Theory of Ceramic Production and Distribution: Examples from the Central Arizona Deserts. Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Jeffrey Altschul. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeological Project: Overview, Synthesis, and Conclusions. Pp. 417-446. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5915) ; doi:10.6067/XCV84T6GCF

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam • Mogollon

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Cow Wallow • CTC site • Damview • Little House • Lone Juniper • Roadhouse Ruin • Scorpion Point Village

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Hamlet / Village • Hearth • Midden • Pit • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

Geographic Keywords
Agua Fria • Central Arizona • lower Verde River • Tonto Basin

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam post-Classic • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

Notes

General Note: one Pioneer period sherd reported from Scorpion Point Village

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