Ceramic Commodities and Common Containers: Production and Distribution of White Mountain Red Ware in the Grasshopper Region, Arizona

Description

Author: Triadan, Daniela (1964-)

Publisher: University of Arizona Press (Tucson, AZ)

Pub Date: 1997

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears, folds.  One approx. 1½” smudge near upper front cover corner at spine head (probably another book being rubbed against the cover).  Lower rear cover corner has an approx. 4′” bend.  Slight edge wear.  Includes a color photo section of pottery and photomicrographs.  Appears unused.

Notes: “…a thorough analysis of archaeological contexts demonstrate that White Mountain Red Ware vessels were readily accessible and widely used household goods and that migration and subsequent local production in the destination areas were important factors for their wide distribution during the fourteenth century.” (From the Abstract)  Everyday commerce in everyday objects, and how they got from here to there.