TY - JOUR
T1 - Cliff Polychrome
AU - Lyons, Patrick D.
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1 wish to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. Francis H. Harlow, who graciously shared his notes and the unpublished manuscript in which he first defined Cliff Polychrome. 1 am also grateful to Stephen H. Lekson who put me in touch with Dr. Harlow and to James M. Heidke, who alerted me to Hargrave's (1974) article on type determinants. The San Pedro Preservation Project was made possible by financial support from an anonymous private foundation, the Salus Mundi Foundation, the Amerind Foundation, and a National Science Foundation grant to the Center for Desert Archaeology (SBR-9903332). E. Charles Adams, Director of the Arizona State Museum's Homol'ovi Research Program, and Editor of the Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series, granted permission for the use of the artwork that became Figure 2. Jack Ramsey, a Center for Desert Archaeology volunteer, took the photographs that became Figures 3 and 5. J. Brett Hill created Figure 9 and Mathew Devitt assisted me in creating Figure 1. Jeffrey L. Eighmy and Jeffrey S. Dean provided advice and useful information. Henry D. Wallace shared his unpublished notes and database on the Alice Hubbard Carpenter collection. David J. Street was kind enough to allow me to discuss the unpublished
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PY - 2004/6/1
Y1 - 2004/6/1
N2 - Gila Polychrome is the key ceramic type used to identify deposits and to date events and processes associated with the late Classic period in southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and adjacent areas. Because Gila Polychrome was a long-lived type, however, made circa A.D. 1300–1450, it has proven very difficult to track change through time during the late Classic period. Previous researchers have identified temporally sensitive characteristics of form and design among Gila Polychrome bowls. The results of more recent research, including Crown's (1994) analysis of hundreds of Gila Polychrome whole vessels, and the test excavation of Classic period sites in the San Pedro River Valley of southeastern Arizona, confirm that a late form or “subtype” of Gila Polychrome can be discerned. This late type or subtype has been named Cliff Polychrome (Harlow 1968). The available evidence suggests Cliff Polychrome was first produced during the period A.D. 1350–1375. Recognizing Cliff Polychrome as a separate typological entity provides archaeologists additional means of subdividing the late Classic period.
AB - Gila Polychrome is the key ceramic type used to identify deposits and to date events and processes associated with the late Classic period in southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and adjacent areas. Because Gila Polychrome was a long-lived type, however, made circa A.D. 1300–1450, it has proven very difficult to track change through time during the late Classic period. Previous researchers have identified temporally sensitive characteristics of form and design among Gila Polychrome bowls. The results of more recent research, including Crown's (1994) analysis of hundreds of Gila Polychrome whole vessels, and the test excavation of Classic period sites in the San Pedro River Valley of southeastern Arizona, confirm that a late form or “subtype” of Gila Polychrome can be discerned. This late type or subtype has been named Cliff Polychrome (Harlow 1968). The available evidence suggests Cliff Polychrome was first produced during the period A.D. 1350–1375. Recognizing Cliff Polychrome as a separate typological entity provides archaeologists additional means of subdividing the late Classic period.
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U2 - 10.1080/00231940.2004.11758498
DO - 10.1080/00231940.2004.11758498
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AN - SCOPUS:71649083003
SN - 0023-1940
VL - 69
SP - 361
EP - 400
JO - KIVA
JF - KIVA
IS - 4
ER -