A method for chronological apportioning of ceramic assemblages

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1513-1520

  Roberts, John M ^a   Mills, Barbara J ^b   Clark, Jeffery J ^c   Haas, W Randall ^b   Huntley, Deborah L ^c   Trowbridge, Meaghan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Archaeology Southwest   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic wares; Multi component sites; Period specific analysis; Popularity distributions; U.S. Southwest

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO VALLEY; TONTO BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857120382     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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