Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 10: Temporal Variation in Undecorated Pottery: A Tool for Chronology Building

Part of the Lower Verde Archaeological project

Author(s): Barbara Montgomery; Stephanie M. Whittlesey

Editor(s): Stephanie M. Whittlesey; Richard Ciolek-Torello; Jeffrey Altschul

Year: 1997

Summary

Chapter 10 presents results from a ceramic seriation of undecorated pottery to identify temporally-sensitive attributes. Montogomery and Whittlesey describe their analysis of particular undecorated pottery attributes, which were selected based on their potential sensitivity to temporal change. They identify several attributes that are particularly sensitive to time: temper, slip, and polish. They also note several other variables that display slight variation through time. These authors propose a set of rules and equations for using these attributes to assign undated ceramic collections to a particular place in time.

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Vanishing River Volume 4: Chapter 10: Temporal Variation in Undecorated Pottery: A Tool for Chronology Building. Barbara Montgomery, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Stephanie M. Whittlesey, Richard Ciolek-Torello, Jeffrey Altschul. In Vanishing River: Landscapes and Lives of the Lower Verde Valley: The Lower Verde Archaeolgical Project: Overview, Synthesis, and Conclusions. Pp. 393-416. Tucson, AZ: Statistical Research, Inc. Press. 1997 ( tDAR id: 5906) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82J696C

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Keywords

Culture
Hohokam • Mogollon

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Cow Wallow • Crash Landing site • CTC site • Damview site • Little House • Lone Juniper site • Roadhouse Ruins • Scorpion Point Village

Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature • Agricultural or Herding • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Hamlet / Village • Midden • Pit • Refuse Pit • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Roasting Pit / Oven / Horno • Settlements • Storage Pit • Trash Midden

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
ceramic seriation

Geographic Keywords
Central Arizona • lower Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Hohokam Classic period • Hohokam Colonial period • Hohokam Pioneer period • Hohokam post-Classic • Hohokam pre-Classic period • Hohokam Sedentary period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 700 to 1450

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.845; min lat: 33.804 ; max long: -111.591; max lat: 34.082 ;

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