39145
Accession Number
26165
Author
Neitzel, Jill E.; Bishop, Ronald L.
Author Affiliation
William Patterson College of New Jersey. Department of Anthropology and Geography;Smithsonian Institution. Conservation Analytical Laboratory
Title Of Article Chaper
Neutron Activation of Dogoszhi Style Ceramics: Production and Exchange in the Chacoan Regional System
Title Of Journal Book
Kiva
Volume
56
Issue
1
Pages
67-85
Collation
19 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English;Spanish
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Neutron activation analysis was carried out on 60 Dogoszhi style black-on-white ceramic vessels from three prehistoric Chacoan sites in the northern U.S. Southwest. Cylinder vessels and bowls from Pueblo Bonito and Pueblo del Arroyo, two large towns located in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, exhibited a high degree of compositional homogeneity. However, bowls from the community associated with the outlying town of Allentown were compositionally different, suggesting that they were manufactured at a different location. Comparisons with the results of neutron activation analyses obtained previously for Dogoszhi style sherds from Black Mesa, Arizona, revealed that these ceramics also were compositionally different from those found in Chaco Canyon.
Keywords
Dogoszhi;ceramic;Chaco;neutron activation
pub_id
39145