La Quemada PP 31 | The Pan-American Ceramics Project

Petrographic sample: La Quemada PP 31

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Vessel Registration Number:

La Quemada V-72

Site Name

La Quemada

Date

600-800 CE

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Country/Region

Mexico/West Mexico

Period

Epiclassic

Functional Category

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Description

predominant temper is coarse altered sand

Altered Sand in Fine-Grained Matrix (AS-F) Fabric: 10-20% inclusions; 70-89% matrix; 1-10% voids

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Break Photos 0

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Petrographic Sample

Suggested Clay Provenance

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Inclusions

polycrystalline quartz; plagioclase feldspar; fine-grained and coarse-grained volcanics

Geological Formation

Sierra Madre Occidental

Local Petrographic Group

Coarse Altered Sand in Fine-Grained Matrix (Coarse AS-F)

Raw Material

rhyolitic ignimbrites

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Associated Petrofabric

Altered Sand in Fine-Grained (AS-F) Matrix

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Associated Kilns/Workshops

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Associated Ware/Ware Family

Incised-engraved

200-900 CE

Epiclassic

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Associated Types

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Bibliography

Andrea Torvinen, Ben A. Nelson, Vincent Schiavitti, Nicola Strazicich. "The Classification and Analysis of the La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project Ceramic Assemblage" in La Quemada-Malpaso Valley Archaeological Project Informe Final, ed(s). Ben A. Nelson, Andrea Torvinen. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 2023, ###-###

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