Title: Early Pottery from Sunga Va and Implications for the Development of Ceramic Technology in Owens Valley, California
Abstract: Pottery from Sunga'va, a single-component Haiwee period site (ca. 1,150 B.P.) in southern Owens Valley, was analyzed by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis within a larger study of western Great Basin ceramics. The discovery of pottery in a Haiwee Period site positions the advent of ceramic technology in Owens Valley some 500 years earlier than previously thought. Analyses indicate that the pottery was made from local sedimentary clays collected in or near Owens Lake.
Publication Year: 1999
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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