JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. This content downloaded from 62.122.72.154 on Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:11:03 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and ConditionsPottery and clays from the Chalchihuites region of northwestern Zacatecas are characterized to examine ceramic production and exchange among settlements between A.D. 400 and 900. Instrumental neutron activation and petrographic analysis of 134 pottery and 26 clay samples from three Chalchihuites ceremonial centers identify pottery made from local clays and distinguish pottery found at each center that was not made from local clay deposits. Residents of Alta Vista, the region's main center, acquired an elaborate painted ware from a second center located 30 km away after A.D. 650. The ceramic compositional data provide a basis for understanding the distance and direction that pottery was exchanged in Chalchihuites as economic activities increased in the region.La ceratmica y las muestras de arcilla de la regiotn de Chalchihuites del noroeste de Zacatecas son analizadas para documentar la produccion e intercambio de ceramica entre los asentamientos fechados entre 400 y 900 d.C. El ana'lisis por activaciotn neutronica y anatlisis petrografico de 134 tiestos y 26 muestras de arcilla procedentes de tres centros ceremoniales de Chalchihuites indican una distincion entre las vajillas producidas en cada asentamiento y las vasijas adquiridas de otros lugares. Despue's de 650 d. C., los residentes de Alta Vista, el centro principal de la regiotn, fueron adquiriendo vasijas pintadas de manera complicada de un segundo centro ubicado a 30 km de distancia. Los datos de composicion de la ceratmica brindan una base pa ra comprender la distancia y el rumbo del in tercambio de la ceramica en Chalchihu ites, a medida que se incrementaban las actividades econotmicas de la region.
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