Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7445106 | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
In this study we examine 50 sherds from four archaeological sites to understand ceramic vessel source area variation in western Wyoming. Intermountain Ware ceramics are a diagnostic marker of Shoshone ethnicity, and our central hypothesis explores changing mobility during the Late Prehistoric and Historic Periods, ca. 1500-1870â¯CE. We use neutron activation analysis (NAA) for bulk paste chemical analysis and thin-section petrography to characterize clay and temper mineralogy. NAA places ceramic artifacts into eight groups with little overlap between sites in southwest and northwest Wyoming. Temper composition supports NAA groups indicating that ceramic vessels in this sample were made locally and not transported long distances before their eventual discard.
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Authors
Judson Byrd Finley, Laura L. Scheiber, Jeffrey R. Ferguson,