Variation in decorated Tusayan Gray Ware pottery at the Yamashita-3 site

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2002

Author dc:creator

• Martine, Kristen D

Contributors dc:contributor

• Margaret M. Lyneis

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1378

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2377