Sedentary Period Ceramic Production and Distribution: New Evidence from the Julian Wash Site, AZ BB:13:17 (ASM) (original) (raw)

"Sedentary Period Ceramic Production and Distribution: New Evidence from the Julian Wash Site" reviews evidence that has accumulated over the last 25 years regarding part-time, household-based, community specialization in the manufacture of hand-built red-slipped, red-on-brown, and polychrome pottery at three closely spaced Tucson Basin Hohokam villages during the Sedentary period (ca. A.D. 950 - 1150). Direct and indirect evidence of production are reviewed as are spatial and temporal aspects of distribution. Building on the example set by Dean Arnold, Table 14.5 summarizes variability in clay and temper resource utilization, vessel form(s), and decoration drawn from seven ethnographic/ethnoarchaeological case studies of two or more closely spaced pottery producing communities while Table 14.7 summarizes data on the percentage of pottery producing households present in communities specializing in ceramic manufacture. The data summarized in those tables should prove useful in reconstructing pottery production and distribution systems elsewhere.