A Ceramic Chronology from Tell Leilan: Operation I

1990 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 684
Author(s):  
Sally Dunham ◽  
Glenn M. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Tell Leilan

CERAMIC SEQUENCE, CHRONOLOGY, AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF THE UCAREO-ZINAPÉCUARO, MICHOACÁN OBSIDIAN SOURCE AREA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Dan M. Healan ◽  
Christine Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Source Area ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Postclassic Period ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Pottery Analysis ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Cross Dating ◽  
Obsidian Source

Abstract This article presents the ceramic sequence and chronology resulting from a multi-year program of survey, excavation, and analysis of pre-Hispanic settlement and exploitation within the Zinapécuaro-Ucareo (“U-Z”), Michoacan obsidian source area. Pottery analysis and classification aided by seriation analysis identified nine ceramic complexes and seven ceramic phases and sub-phases that both expand and refine the ceramic sequence previously established for the region by Gorenstein's (1985) investigations at nearby Acámbaro, Guanajuato. Initially established by ceramic cross-dating, the U-Z ceramic chronology has been largely confirmed by 30 radiocarbon dates and spans over 2,000 years of pre-Hispanic settlement, which included at least two notable episodes of trait-unit and site-unit intrusion from the eastern El Bajío and central Mexico. One of these episodes involved the appearance of two enclaves settled by individuals from the Acambay valley c. 90 km to the East, most likely from the site of Huamango, which our data indicate would have been occupied during the Middle Postclassic period.

scholarly journals Temporal Inflection Points in Decorated Pottery: A Bayesian Refinement of the Late Formative Chronology in the Southern Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik J. Marsh ◽  
Andrew P. Roddick ◽  
Maria C. Bruno ◽  
Scott C. Smith ◽  
John W. Janusek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formative Period ◽  
South American ◽  
Lake Titicaca ◽  
Large Sets ◽  
Inflection Points ◽  
Titicaca Basin ◽  
Lake Titicaca Basin ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Late Formative ◽  
Stratigraphic Sequences

The Late Formative period immediately precedes the emergence of Tiwanaku, one of the earliest South American states, yet it is one of the most poorly understood periods in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin (Bolivia). In this article, we refine the ceramic chronology of this period with large sets of dates from eight sites, focusing on temporal inflection points in decorated ceramic styles. These points, estimated here by Bayesian models, index specific moments of change: (1) cal AD 120 (60–170, 95% probability): the first deposition of Kalasasaya red-rimmed and zonally incised styles; (2) cal AD 240 (190–340, 95% probability): a tentative estimate of the final deposition of Kalasasaya zonally incised vessels; (3) cal AD 420 (380–470, 95% probability): the final deposition of Kalasasaya red-rimmed vessels; and (4) cal AD 590 (500–660, 95% probability): the first deposition of Tiwanaku Redwares. These four modeled boundaries anchor an updated Late Formative chronology, which includes the Initial Late Formative phase, a newly identified decorative hiatus between the Middle and Late Formative periods. The models place Qeya and transitional vessels between inflection points 3 and 4 based on regionally consistent stratigraphic sequences. This more precise chronology will enable researchers to explore the trajectories of other contemporary shifts during this crucial period in Lake Titicaca Basin's prehistory.

Problems of Ceramic Chronology in the Southeast: Does Shell-Tempered Pottery Appear Earlier than We Think?

2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. Feathers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Late Prehistoric ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Dating Methods ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Late Prehistoric Period ◽  
Ceramic Assemblages

The chronology of shell-tempered pottery in the eastern United States is poorly understood, preventing any resolution to the question of how this pottery came to dominate ceramic assemblages in the late prehistoric period. Part of the problem lies in traditional dating methods that either provide only average dates that suppress variation or address depositional rather than manufacturing events. Better resolution can be obtained by dating individual artifacts. Luminescence dates for 67 ceramics from several sites in the mid-South show variation in age of ceramics from a single assemblage, strong chronological overlap between shell- and grog-tempered pottery, and suggest that shell-tempered pottery may have been present in low frequencies earlier than generally assumed and before it rose in frequency sometime after A.D. 900.

scholarly journals Early Iron Age Radiometric Dates from Tel Dor: Preliminary Implications for Phoenicia and Beyond

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 1343-1351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayelet Gilboa ◽  
Ilan Sharon
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Early Iron Age ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Iron Age I ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Radiometric Dates ◽  
Tel Dor

The absolute date of the Iron Age I and IIa periods in Israel, and by inference in the Southern Levant at large, are to date among the hottest debated issues in Syro-Palestinian archaeology. As there are no pegs of absolute chronology throughout this range, conventional chronology had been established on proposed correlations of the material record with events and social phenomena as portrayed in historical and literary sources, chiefly the Hebrew Bible. With the growing impact of so-called “revisionist” notions in Biblical studies, which to various extents question the historicity of the Bible, it is imperative to try to establish a chronological framework for the Iron I–IIa range that is independent of historical and so forth considerations, inter alia in order to be able to offer an independent archaeological perspective of the biblical debate. The most obvious solution is to attempt a radiocarbon-based chronology. This paper explores the possible implications of a sequence of 22 radiometric dates obtained from a detailed Iron I–IIa stratigraphic/ceramic sequence at Tel Dor, on Israel's Mediterranean coast. To date, this is the largest such sequence from any single early Iron Age site in Israel. Having been part of the Phoenician commercial sphere in the early Iron Age, Dor offers a variegated sequence of ceramics that have a significant spatial distribution beyond Phoenicia, and thus transcend regional differences and enable correlation with the surrounding regions. By and large, the absolute dates of these ceramics by the Dor radiometric chronology are up to a century lower than those established by conventional Palestinian ceramic chronology. The ramifications of the lower Dor dates for some Phoenician, Israelite, and Cypriot early Iron Age archaeological issues are explored.

Migration and the Coyotlatelco Ceramic Tradition

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-108
Author(s):  
Christine Hernández ◽  
Dan M. Healan
Keyword(s):  
Source Area ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Late Classic ◽  
Deep Roots ◽  
West Mexico ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Formative ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Geometric Designs

This chapter argues that the Late Classic/Epiclassic ceramic style known as Coyotlatelco has roots in the eastern El Bajío of Near West Mexico. Coyotlatelco became a widespread ceramic tradition in Epiclassic Central Mexico. Its chief defining characteristic is its suite of unsupported and tripod-supported vessels decorated with red-painted geometric designs on plain brown or cream slipped pottery. Ceramic data and radiocarbon dating produced from Tulane University’s Ucareo-Zinapecuaro (U-Z) Project (1989-1995) shed additional light on the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the Coyotlatelco style originates with the native population or if it shows evidence of the migration of non-local people into the central highlands of Mexico. The ceramic chronology for the U-Z source area throughout the Late Formative and Classic periods in NE Michoacan begins a discussion about shared decorative modes among red on brown ceramic types that connect Michoacan with societies in both the El Bajio and the Basin of Mexico regions, including Teotihuacan. The conclusions drawn suggest that the Coyotlatelco ceramic style has deep roots in the pottery traditions of the eastern El Bajio and, given the equally long history of various modes of regional and back migration, there seems little need to look beyond Central Mexico for the origins of Coyotlatleco.

THE OBSIDIAN AND CERAMICS OF THE PUUC REGION: CHRONOLOGY, LITHIC PROCUREMENT, AND PRODUCTION AT XKIPCHE, YUCATAN, MEXICO

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey E. Braswell ◽  
Iken Paap ◽  
Michael D. Glascock
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Archaeological Material ◽  
Terminal Classic ◽  
Similar Information ◽  
Ceramic Chronology ◽  
Typological Approach ◽  
Precision And Accuracy ◽  
Great Persistence ◽  
Multi Phase

AbstractArchaeologists working in the northern Maya lowlands have faced persistent problems in establishing chronological precision and accuracy. In particular, it has proven difficult to create multi-phase chronologies for the Late and Terminal Classic periods. Investigators at Xkipche, a small Puuc site southwest of Uxmal, have employed both seriation and the typological approach to ceramic chronology. The results of the ceramic seriation suggest great persistence from the second century untila.d.1100, a continuity that is not supported by the Type-Variety approach to chronology. This report begins by reviewing the ceramic data, and then turns to another archaeological material, obsidian. Procurement patterns and production technology are discussed for the 182 obsidian artifacts collected during the first five seasons of the Projekt Xkipche. These data are compared with similar information gleaned from other sites in the northern Maya lowlands. Results of this obsidian analysis conflict with the absolute chronology proposed for the Xkipche ceramic sequence. Finally, a compromise ceramic chronology is proposed, one that is consistent with both obsidian and architectural data. This proposed chronology divides the seemingly monolithic Cehpech ceramic complex into three phases: Early Cehpech (a.d.550–700); Late Cehpech (a.d.700–900/950); and, Terminal Cehpech/Sotuta (a.d.900/950–950/1000).

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