Changes in the Sources of Olivine-Tempered Ceramics and Social Interaction Patterns in the Virgin Branch Region. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sakai, Sachiko
• Is Part Of: Kiva. Volume 85:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 313
• Page End: 330
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Virgin Branch Pueblo -- Ceramic source study -- LA-ICP-MS -- OSL dating -- Trading -- Migration -- Ceramic production and distribution -- Risk minimization strategies; Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Southwest, New -- History -- Periodicals; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Periodicals; 913.791
• DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2019.1689659
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6177

Abstract

Abstract : Olivine-tempered ceramics are widely distributed in the Virgin Branch Puebloan region. The sources of olivine are in the highlands near Mt. Trumbull and Tuweep. Thus, the presence of olivine-tempered ceramics in the lowland Virgin area indicates economic and social ties between the highland and lowland populations. The ceramic compositional study using LA-ICP-MS suggests that these olivine-tempered ceramics were produced not only in Mt. Trumbull but also in the lowland Virgin area. The study also suggests that some of the olivine-tempered ceramics made in the lowland Virgin area were moved back to Mt. Trumbull. In this study, I explore the mechanisms of social interactions that moved olivine-tempered ceramics within various areas. In particular, I address the question of whether these olivine-tempered ceramics were transported as a result of trading or human migrations during various time periods. To answer this question, ceramic compositional data are combined with optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating.