Investigating the Causes of Long-Distance Pottery Trade between the Western Colorado Plateaus and Southern Nevada
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-1-2009
Publication Title
74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology
Volume
2009
First page number:
151
Last page number:
151
Abstract
During the middle Pueblo II period, large quantities of ceramics were traded from the western Colorado Plateaus into southern Nevada. One of the traded ceramic types is Shivwits Ware, believed to have been produced on southern Shivwits Plateau. Previous studies indicate that nearly all of these traded wares were in the form of large, wide-mouthed jars, and functional analyses suggest that most were used for cooking purposes. In this poster we compare the thermal properties of Shivwits pottery with those of other locally-available wares, to explore the factors that may have contributed to the development of this trade.
Disciplines
Archaeological Anthropology | Chemistry
Language
English
Repository Citation
Harry, K. G.
(2009).
Investigating the Causes of Long-Distance Pottery Trade between the Western Colorado Plateaus and Southern Nevada.
74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, 2009
151-151.
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