Petrographic Analysis of Ancestral Pueblo Glaze-Painted Pottery from the Southern Rio Grande Region (Rio Abajo) in New Mexico, USA

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Scaling Potting Networks: Recent Contributions from Ceramic Petrography " session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Rio Grande region of New Mexico, USA, has a long tradition of understanding ceramic technology and provenance through petrographic analyses. Despite this, the Rio Abajo subregion continues to lag somewhat behind the more detailed analyses from the central and northern Rio Grande. This study presents an investigation of the production of Rio Grande glaze-painted ware over an almost 400-year period along the Rio Abajo. Tempering material, firing technology, and possible expediency are considered over time and space. While all petrofabric groups are consistent with tempers and pastes previously described, this study provides a more detailed analysis of production and firing technology than previously presented. All told, potters of the Rio Abajo had a shared practice of production that continued into colonial times and was distinct from production in other areas along the Rio Grande.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Scaling Potting Networks: Recent Contributions from Ceramic Petrography   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 32783