Doug,
We found what we think is a pattern in which Spanish settlers in northern New Mexico following the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821 and particularly the advent of the railroad in 1880 (or so) were acquiring and using pieces rather than sets of Euroamerican pottery, at least in part because they had access to pottery produced by nearby Puebloan potters. That situation is discussed in a report entitled, "Adaptions on the Anasazi and Spanish Frontiers: Excavations at Five Sites near Abiquiu, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico," by James L. Moore, Jeffrey L. Boyer, and Daisy F. Levine (see Chapter 18). The report is Archaeology Notes No. 187, Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. If you would like to obtain a copy, contact Rob Turner at [log in to unmask] or 505.476.0168. If for some reason those contacts don't work, let me know.
Jeff
 
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Doug Ross
Sent: Fri 1/18/2008 1:01 PM
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Subject: mismatched ceramic sets



Folks,

I am looking for published archaeological studies that examine the use of
mismatched sets of ceramic vessels. I have an assemblage (c. 1900-1930) of
English teacups and saucers that clearly do not match one another, and I was
wondering how common that is on archaeological sites, and what meaning one
could read into it. I am aware of Gaw's (1975) article on ceramics from
Silcott, but was wondering what other literature there is out there. Thanks,

Doug Ross


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