The provenance and concentrated production of Hohokam red-on-buff pottery: Implications for an ancient arizona economy

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-357

  Abbott, David R ^a   Watts, Joshua ^a   Lack, Andrew D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballcourts; Ceramic provenance; Hohokam; Marketplaces; Phoenix basin; Red on buff pottery; Sand temper; Sedentary period

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948901967     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.302     Document Type: Article

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