Ancestral Zuni glaze-decorated pottery; viewing Pueblo IV regional organization through ceramic production and exchange.

9780816525645

Ancestral Zuni glaze-decorated pottery; viewing Pueblo IV regional organization through ceramic production and exchange.

Huntley, Deborah L.

U. of Arizona Press

2008

104 pages

$17.95

Paperback

Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona; no. 72

E99

In the Pueblo IV period (1275-1600) potters began to make distinctive polychrome vessels, which have been linked by archaeologists to new ideologies and religious practices in the area. This research examines interaction networks along settlement clusters in the Zuni region of west-central New Mexico in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, using analytical techniques such as INAA sourcing of ceramic pastes. Huntley (preservation archaeologist, Center for Desert Archaeology, Arizona) writes six chapters, including an overview of the Pueblo IV Zuni region; production and distribution of ancestral Zuni glaze-decorated pottery; tracking ceramic production and exchange using INAA; glaze recipes, use of color, and patterns of regional interaction; lead ore use and long-distance interaction; and a multiscalar perspective on production, exchange, and Pueblo IV Zuni regional organization. The title is illustrated throughout in black- and-white, and the abstract is provided in Spanish as well as English.

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