The Examination of A Brownware Assemblage: An Overview of the Sanchez Site Ceramics

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Sanchez site (AZ CC: 2: 452 (ASM)) has a brownware assemblage (ca A.D. 100 to 500) dating to the period when ceramics were first manufactured in the American Southwest. This site is a cerro de trincheras settlement or hilltop site near Safford, Arizona on the upper Gila River between the Mogollon and Hohokam cultural regions. It was primarily occupied during the Early Agricultural Period (800-550 cal B.C.) and Early Pithouse Period (A.D. 250-400). This site is measured as 13.4 hectares and includes 143 rock ring structures. The ceramic sherds found at the Sanchez are brownware, crafted in a style that is consistent with what is called Alma Plain and with forms consistent with tecomates. American Southwest early brownware was not heavily studied until the 1940s, therefore this poster may provide insight for early brownware collections. A ceramics analysis was used to determine the ceramic attributes. This poster will examine the sherds attributes and variability of this site to gain insight on brownware in the early American Southwest. In addition, this poster will compare the ceramics from the Sanchez site to other similar aged sites in the Mogollon and Hohokam regions.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53290