A Study of Miniature Pottery Vessels in the Mimbres Region
Author(s): Lydia Pittman
Year: 2015
Summary
What role did miniature vessels play in the lives of pit house and pueblo peoples of the ancient American Southwest? Were they toys? were they ritual? what is the evidence of their uses?To begin answering these questions I have complied data to explore the contexts of miniature vessels. This poster explores a case study of Mogollon sites (A.D. 200-1450) from Southwestern New Mexico. In this poster I will discuss traces of the life histories of miniature vessels including where they are found (e.g., floors, burials, fill), their relative frequencies, their associations with other artifacts and differences in their formal properties (surface treatment, shapes, paste).
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A Study of Miniature Pottery Vessels in the Mimbres Region. Lydia Pittman. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 397469)
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Keywords
General
Mogollon
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New Mexico
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Pottery
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest
Spatial Coverage
min long: -115.532; min lat: 30.676 ; max long: -102.349; max lat: 42.033 ;