Variation in decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery at the Yamashita-3 site
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description: This thesis characterizes variability in sand-tempered decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery at the Yamashita-3 site in the lower Moapa Valley. Attributes included in this analysis reflect geologic source materials used to make pottery, and stylistic variables that mirror decisions made by individual potters. Evaluation of these characteristics will aid future researchers in identifying the degree to which manufacture of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery was standardized in the Virgin region. The results of this analysis indicate that most characteristics of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery display little variation, indicating that the manufacture of this pottery was standardized. Two aspects of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery, vessel lip form and the number of clay sources used in manufacture exhibit a great deal of variability, implying a lesser degree of standardization in manufacture.
abstract: This thesis characterizes variability in sand-tempered decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery at the Yamashita-3 site in the lower Moapa Valley. Attributes included in this analysis reflect geologic source materials used to make pottery, and stylistic variables that mirror decisions made by individual potters. Evaluation of these characteristics will aid future researchers in identifying the degree to which manufacture of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery was standardized in the Virgin region. The results of this analysis indicate that most characteristics of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery display little variation, indicating that the manufacture of this pottery was standardized. Two aspects of decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery, vessel lip form and the number of clay sources used in manufacture exhibit a great deal of variability, implying a lesser degree of standardization in manufacture.
author: Martine, Kristen D
language: English
date published: 2002-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:25:26Z
provider: University of Nevada - Las Vegas
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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value: 10.25669/guor-0vmj