Chemical assays of temper and clay: Modelling pottery production and exchange in the uplands north of the Phoenix Basin, Arizona, USA

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-66

  Abbott, David R ^a   Lack, Andrew D ^a   Moore, Gordon ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Ceramic provenance; Electron microprobe; Hohokam; Northern upland zone; Phyllite

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASSAY; CERAMICS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MODELING; PHYLLITE; PREHISTORIC;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549160028     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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