Date of Award
8-1980
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Science Education
First Advisor
Dr. John D. Grace
Second Advisor
Dr. Lloyd Schmaltz
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Seven ceramic types from excavated Anasazi sites on Black Mesa were examined petrographically in order: (1) to obtain an accurate description of the geologic tempering m aterial; (2) to determine if specific ceramic types from Black Mesa and the surrounding area share a common area of manufacture; and (3) to compare the tempering material in the ceramics with the mineralogical components in the Wepo and Toreva Formations in order to determine if the ceramic items contain locally available material.
Each of the ceramic types examined appear to have had more than one manufacturing locus. Only Black Mesa Black-on-white has temper which suggests the use of local sandstone, the Wepo Formation. The Sosi Black-on-white, Dogoszhi Black-on-white, San Juan Red Ware, Tsegi Orange Ware, Kana-a Gray and Tusuyan Corrugated contain non-locally available material suggesting manufacture elsewhere, and from which can be inferred the presence of an organized exchange network.
Recommended Citation
Garrett, Elizabeth M., "A Petrographic Analysis of Black Mesa, Arizona Ceramics" (1980). Masters Theses. 1866.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1866