NOT SO PLAIN AFTER ALL: FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. TEXTURED CERAMICS IN NORTHEASTERN SONORA

John E. Douglas; César A. Quijada

doi:10.1179/kiv.2004.70.1.002

NOT SO PLAIN AFTER ALL: FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. TEXTURED CERAMICS IN NORTHEASTERN SONORA

John E. Douglas
, César A. Quijada

Anthropology

Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

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Abstract

Decorated, textured wares found at prehispanic agricultural village sites in the mountainous, or serrana zone of northeastern Sonora, Mexico, have been viewed as indicators of an occupation no earlier than about A.D. 1000. However, recent research conducted in the upper Bavispe Valley, combined with previous “anomalous” discoveries, indicates a different trajectory for this area. At the site of Atravesaño de Lencho (CHIH C:9:24) in the Bavispe Valley, one locus is dominated by a distinct brushed and red slipped ceramic type. An associated radiocarbon date has a one sigma calibrated date range of A.D. 474 (542) 600. Furthermore, similar pottery and similar dates associated with textured wares have been found elsewhere in Sonora, suggesting that a distinct textured ceramic tradition began about 500 years earlier than previously recognized. The local and large-scale implications of this longer decorated ceramic tradition in northeastern Sonora are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-52
Number of pages	22
Journal	KIVA
Volume	70
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/kiv.2004.70.1.002
State	Published - Sep 1 2004

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Our appreciation goes to MONTS (a National Science Foundation EPSCoR program administered by Montana) for supported the systematic survey in 1998, the Heinz Foundation for funding the 2001 excavations, and to Linda J. Brown, John Roney, and Christine VanPool for suggestions that helped clarify this presentation.

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