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Production of San Juan Red Ware in the Northern Southwest: Insights into Regional Interaction in Early Puebloan Prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michelle Hegmon ,
James R. Allison ,
Hector Neff  and
Michael D. Glascock
Michelle Hegmon
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
James R. Allison
Affiliation:
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
Hector Neff
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
Michael D. Glascock
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402
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Abstract

San Juan Red ware pottery was distributed across the northern Southwest from the eighth through tenth centuries A.D., though made only in the northern San Juan region. This paper investigates the concentration (Costin 1991) of San Juan Red ware production through neutron activation analysis of the pottery and raw materials. Production was concentrated in the area of southeast Utah, and within that area it appears to have been produced at only a limited number of sources, possibly by specialized pottery-making communities. These results have implications regarding economic organization, exchange, and mobility.

La cerámica “San Juan Red ware,” distribuida a través de la porción none del Suroeste de los Estados Unidos desde el siglo octavo d. С, hasta finales del siglo décimo, fue producida únicamente en la parte norte de la región de San Juan. Este artícule investiga la concentratión (Costin 1991) de la production de esta cerámica por medio de análisis de activatión neutrónica aplicados a la cerámica y a las materias primas. La productión se concentra en el area del sureste de Utah, y dentro de esa área parece haber sido producida solo en un numéro limitado de lugares, posiblemente por comunidades especializadas en la production de cerámica. Estos resultados tienen implicaciones relacionadas con temas de organizatión económica, intercambio, y mobilidad.

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American Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 449 - 463
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1997

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