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TEMPORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MEAN SHERD THICKNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN GRAY WARE

McCormick, Carmen Amanda McCane
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1194891866

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Anthropology.
In the past, San Francisco Mountain Gray Ware (SFMGW) bearing archaeological sites in north-central Arizona have been dated using the ceramic-type method. However, many sites do not contain abundant amounts of diagnostic pottery types and consequently cannot be dated by the ceramic-type method. Additionally, the dates applied to sites containing SFMGW are also ambiguous because of the long production ranges assigned to each SFMGW type (i.e., 200 years or longer). To help solve these problems in northern Arizona archaeology, a dating method was developed by Daniel Sorrell that correlates the average thickness of SFMGW assemblages with tree-ring dates; simple regression analyses serve as the basis for Sorrell’s chronometric dating model using independent samples and tree-ring dates. This thesis is a direct test of Sorrell’s dating technique. Results confirm that the thickness of unpainted SFMGW changes more or less predictably through time and can be used to date unexcavated and excavated sites in northern Arizona.
Alan Sullivan (Advisor)
67 p.
Anthropology, Archaeology
San Francisco Mountain Gray Ware; Deadmans Gray; Deadmans Fugitive Red; Deadmans Brown; Linear Regression Analysis; Quadratic Regression Analysis; Upper Basin Archaeological Research Project; Kaibab National Forest

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  • McCormick, C. A. M. (2007). TEMPORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MEAN SHERD THICKNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN GRAY WARE [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1194891866

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCormick, Carmen. TEMPORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MEAN SHERD THICKNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN GRAY WARE. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1194891866.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCormick, Carmen. "TEMPORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MEAN SHERD THICKNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN GRAY WARE." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1194891866

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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