An Examination of the Role of San Juan Red Ware Vessels in Social Interaction

Author(s): Robert Bischoff

Year: 2018

Summary

This paper evaluates the role that San Juan Red Ware played in social interaction. San Juan Red Ware was widely distributed throughout the Four Corners region between ca. A.D. 750 and 1100. Prior research has identified this ware as a marker of identity and established an association with communal feasting. A study of the distribution of this ware indicates that it was traded through specific social networks, which changed through time. While ceramics may profitably be used as stand-ins for actors in social networks, my focus is to investigate the roles that the ceramics themselves played in social interactions by evaluating how the material characteristics of these vessels helped to transmit and reinforce ideas of identity and community.

Cite this Record

An Examination of the Role of San Juan Red Ware Vessels in Social Interaction. Robert Bischoff. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444966) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8444966

Temporal Coverage

None: 750 to 1000 (AD)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.303; min lat: 36.18 ; max long: -107.657; max lat: 38.003 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Robert Bischoff

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 21420

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