White, Red, and Plain Wares in the Tonto Basin: Precursor Correlate of Culture Change

Summary

This is an abstract from the "WHY PLATFORM MOUNDS? PART 1: MOUND DEVELOPMENT AND CASE STUDIES" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

We present a consideration of Roosevelt Black-on-white, recovered from archaeological sites in Arizona's Tonto Basin, as a correlate for Tonto Basin populations’ changing exchange relations as well as emulation through production of locally-produced copies of non-local wares. Implications of broad-scale ceramic exchange, population migration, and emulation are considered for the period A.D. 1250 to 1350+ through Tonto Basin white ware, red ware, and plain ware ceramic analysis. We view a marked diversity in white ware technology while maintaining a desired design style as presaging similar trends in other red and plain Tonto Basin wares throughout the Salado temporal sequence. These trends provide evidence of the amalgamation and integration of traditions indigenous to the Tonto Basin, with population in-migration from surrounding areas, as well as influences from regional trade. The ceramic assemblages provide correlates of dynamic changes that led to the intermingling and integration of cultural influences during the development and fluorescence of the Salado Platform Mound communities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• WHY PLATFORM MOUNDS? PART 1: MOUND DEVELOPMENT AND CASE STUDIES   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24597