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The Place of Fine Orange Pottery in Mesoamerican Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Robert E. Smith
Robert E. Smith*
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Marblehead, Mass.
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Fine orange pottery is one of the most distinctive wares in Mesoamerica. In an area where pottery generally is tempered it has no temper; it stands apart in having an especially homogeneous, fine-textured orange paste. Several types are recognized, including, in chronological order, Z, Y, X, V, U, and the problematical Isla de Sacrificios material. It is possible that there are other fine oranges but there is not now sufficient evidence to establish additional types. The letters used to identify the varieties are temporary designations which should be replaced with appropriate names when more complete data have been amassed.

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American Antiquity , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , October 1958 , pp. 151 - 160
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1958

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