Production of San Juan Red Ware in the Northern Southwest: Insights into Regional Interaction in Early Puebloan Prehistory
Keywords
San Juan region, Red ware pottery, archaeology
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.
Original Publication Citation
Michelle Hegmon, James R. Allison, Hector Neff, and Michael Glascock 1997 Production of San Juan Red Ware in the Northern Southwest: Insights into Regional Interaction in Early Puebloan Prehistory. American Antiquity 62(3):449-463.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Hegmon, Michelle; Allison, James R.; Neff, Hector; and Glascock, Michael D., "Production of San Juan Red Ware in the Northern Southwest: Insights into Regional Interaction in Early Puebloan Prehistory" (1997). Faculty Publications. 6603.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6603
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
Society for American Archaeology
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
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