Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery in the American Southwest
Keywords
Shivwits pottery, Southern Nevada, archaeology
Abstract
Compositional analyses were undertaken to evaluate the hypothesis that Shivwits Ware pottery found in southern Nevada was not produced in that area but, instead, manufactured on the Shivwits Plateau. The evidence supports this hypothesis and indicates that large quantities of Shivwits Ware jars moved through a distribution system linking the upland areas of the western Arizona Strip with the lowlands of southeastern Nevada. This long-distance movement of utilitarian pottery is unusual for precontact North America, in that it occurred in the apparent absence of any centralized distribution mechanisms and between what would have been small, kin-based communities. The nature and the causes for the development of this distribution system are discussed.
Original Publication Citation
Karen Harry, Timothy J. Ferguson, James R. Allison, Brett T. McLaurin, Jeff Ferguson, and Margaret Lyneis 2013 Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery in the American Southwest. American Antiquity 78(2):385-396.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Harry, Karen G.; Ferguson, Timothy J.; Ferguson, Jeff; Allison, James R.; McLaurin, Brett T.; and Lyneis, Margaret, "Examining the Production and Distribution of Shivwits Ware Pottery in the American Southwest" (2013). Faculty Publications. 6598.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6598
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
American Antiquity
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
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