‘M Glow Blue’: Archaeometric Research at Michigan's Ford Nuclear Reactor

Minc, Leah D.; Sherman, Robert J.; Elson, Christina M.; Spencer, Charles S.; Redmond, Elsa M.

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00297.x

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“…219-220). Whereas gray ware ceramics apparently were produced at multiple loci in the Valley of Oaxaca using locally available alluvial clays (Fargher, 2007;Feinman, 1986;Feinman et al, 1989;Minc et al, 2007), crema ceramics were manufactured with raw materials obtainable exclusively from sources in the vicinity of Monte Albán (Feinman, , pp. 188-191, 1986Joyce et al, 2006, pp.…”

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Expansionary dynamics of the nascent Monte Albán state

Sherman

Balkansky

Spencer

et al. 2010

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Section: Excavation Data From Yaasuchi and El Palenquementioning

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Expansionary dynamics of the nascent Monte Albán state

Sherman

Balkansky

Spencer

et al. 2010

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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“…To illustrate, let us explore one of these issues: the territorial expansion of the Monte Alban state, a topic of considerable interest and debate among Oaxaca scholars (Balkansky 1998(Balkansky , 2001Flannery and Marcus 2003;Joyce 2004;Joyce et al 2000;Marcus and Flannery 1996;Redmond and Spencer 2006;Sherman 2005;Spencer 2007;Zeitlin 1990;Zeitlin and Joyce 1999). Spencer (2006,2007) has proposed a two-stage model of this process that sees Monte Alban annexing the Canada de Cuicatlan, the Penoles area, and the Sola Valley during the Late Monte Alban I phase and then expanding the range of its control during the Monte Alban II phase to include the OcotlanZimatlan and Tlacolula subvalleys as well as the Ejutla and Miahuatlan valleys, Ocelotepec, Chiltepec, N ejapa, and possibly the Tututepec areas (FIG.…”

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Ceramic Microtypology and the Territorial Expansion of the Early Monte Albán State in Oaxaca, Mexico

Spencer¹,

Redmond²,

Elson³

2008

Journal of Field Archaeology

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321The Late and Terminal Formative (ca. 300 B.G. to A.D. 200) was the crucial period during which the early Monte Alban state came into being and began to extend its political influence over a wide area in lvhat is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca. One of the most distinctive and frequent ceramic types of this period is the G.12) which is a grayware (gris) bowl with characteristic incising on the interior rim and base. Originally defined by Alfonso Caso) Ignacio Bernal) and ]ot;geAcosta based on their excavations at Monte Alban) the G.12 bowl has also beenftund at many other Oaxacan sites. The incised motifs on the interior bases of G.12 bowlsshow substantial variability) but researchershave been uncertain whether any portion of this variability shows chronologicalpatterning. We present a new microtypology ofG.12 bowls based on our recent excavations at three sites near SanMartin Tilcajete) some 27 km south of Monte Alban. Our analysis yields a finer-grained chronology that helps elucidate the step-by-step territorial expansion of the emet;gentMonteAlban state.

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“…Activation analyses were initiated at the University of Michigan's former Ford Nuclear Reactor (Minc et al, 2007), and completed at the Oregon State University Radiation Center following irradiation and gamma spectroscopy protocols summarized in Minc and Sherman (2011). At both labs, element concentration values were determined on a weight-ratio basis through direct comparison with certified reference standards NIST1633A (coal fly ash) and NIST688 (basalt rock; calcium only), using published consensus values (Glascock, 2006).…”

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Ceramic provenance and the regional organization of pottery production during the later Formative periods in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico: Results of trace-element and mineralogical analyses

Minc

Sherman

Elson

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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and Zr. A substantial number of cases had values below detection limits for Ni, Sr, U, or Zr, and these elements were excluded from consideration. Element concentrations were transformed to log(10) values for statistical analyses. 2.2. Ceramic Petrography Petrographic analysis was conducted on a subset of 40 pottery thin sections representing the main ceramic composition groups and the full range of ceramic wares included in the study. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected for each thin section using a standard petrographic microscope, following methods detailed in Minc and Sherman (2011). Qualitative analysis began with the identification of the overall suite of minerals evident in the thin section based on their optical properties under both plane-polarized and cross-polarized light. Quantitative data were collected using a point-counting technique similar to that described by Stoltman (1989, 1991). Using a movable stage, between 150 and 300 points were assessed within a grid of 1-mm intervals, and the point under the crosshairs recorded as matrix, void, or inclusion. If the crosshairs landed on an inclusion, the mineral was identified and the grain size recorded as silt (< .0624 mm), fine sand (.0625-.249 mm), medium sand (.25-.49 mm), coarse sand (.50-.99 mm), very coarse sand (1.00-1.99 mm), or gravel (> 2.00 mm) (following Stoltman, 1989:149, 1991:108). A grain size index based on an ordinal scale of 1 to 5 (fine = 1, medium = 2, coarse = 3, very coarse = 4, gravel = 5) was also calculated to represent the mean of the sand-and gravel-sized grains in each sample (Stoltman, 1991:108-109). 2.3. Assessing Temper vs. Natural Inclusions Determining whether mineral inclusions are naturally occurring or cultural additions has important implications for establishing provenance, since the addition of temper significantly modifies the trace-element and mineralogical signature of natural clays (Neff et al. 1988, 1989; Sterba et al. 2009). While it can be notoriously difficult to distinguish temper from natural inclusions, several lines of evidence have been proposed to identify cultural additions or mixing of clays. These include (1) the coexistence of minerals from distinct geological contexts; (2) a distinctive suite of minerals in the coarser sand-sized fraction as compared to the silt-and fine sand-sized fractions; and (3) the predominance of one size-class of inclusions, visible as a narrow unimodal or strongly bimodal size distribution within the sand-sized particles (

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‘M Glow Blue’: Archaeometric Research at Michigan's Ford Nuclear Reactor

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Expansionary dynamics of the nascent Monte Albán state

Expansionary dynamics of the nascent Monte Albán state

Ceramic Microtypology and the Territorial Expansion of the Early Monte Albán State in Oaxaca, Mexico

Ceramic provenance and the regional organization of pottery production during the later Formative periods in the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico: Results of trace-element and mineralogical analyses

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