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ABSTRACT For over 100 years, scholars have unsuccessfully attempted to create Patayan pottery typologies. This is evident at Joshua Tree National Park where archaeologists simply record the presence or absence of ceramics because of a lack of a useable typology. We tackle this problem by creating pottery groups identified through compositional characteristics of sherds collected from the park. The pottery group identification process includes binocular and petrographic analysis of paste and temper and differs from previous formal typologies based mainly on color or surface appearance. Our goal is to standardize pottery recording by park archaeologists by developing a field guide. The project and research questions developed through consultation with the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians, with questions developed that Tribal consultants felt would be most useful and relevant to them.
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