Documenting Miniature Ceramic Vessels in the Chaco Collection at the American Museum of Natural History

Author(s): Anna Semon

Year: 2023

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Chaco Collection at the American Museum of Natural History has more than 1,900 catalogued ceramic objects. Ceramic research in this collection tends to focus on the full-sized vessels, such as cylinder jars, pitchers, corrugated jars, and bowls, while less attention is given to the miniature vessels. In this poster, I present a breakdown of miniature vessel wares, construction quality and techniques, forms, and sizes. In addition, I take a brief look at the site distribution of these miniature vessels within the AMNH collection. This research helps expand our knowledge of Ancestral Pueblo ceramic production and use in the Chaco region.

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Documenting Miniature Ceramic Vessels in the Chaco Collection at the American Museum of Natural History. Anna Semon. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474695)

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Keywords

General
Ancestral Pueblo • Ceramic Analysis • Material Culture and Technology • miniature vessels

Geographic Keywords
North America: Southwest United States

Spatial Coverage

min long: -124.365; min lat: 25.958 ; max long: -93.428; max lat: 41.902 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36725.0