412
Accession Number
21125
Author
Bishop, Ronald L.; Canouts, Veletta; De Atley, Suzanne P.; Qöyawayma, Alfred; Aikins, C.W.
Title Of Article Chaper
The formation of ceramic analytical groups: Hopi pottery production and exchange, A.C. 1300-1600
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of field archaeology
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
317-337
Collation
8 figs., 7 tables
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
ISSN
0093-4690
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The formation of ceramic analytical groups based on compositional, technological, and stylistic analyses enables us to begin modeling the conditions of production and exchange that affected Hopi potters between 1300 and 1600 AD. The present study indicates that intervillage and intravillage production units can be isolated for pueblos located on adjacent mesas in northeast Arizona. Exchange of vessels between sites on and off the Hopi mesas suggests directionality, but there is little direct evidence that bears on hypothesized intervillage alliances of either potters' groups, kin groups, or elites. Previously determined analyses of over 130 clay samples and 132 sherds for 19 elements by neutron activation analysis (NAA) are published here for the first time.
Keywords
ceramic;Hopi;pottery;exchange;production Alfred; Aikins, C.W. ALFRED; AND AIKINS, C.W. -- CAL
pub_id
412