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Learning from Pottery, Part 2: Migration and Trade

By Deborah L. Huntley, Preservation Archaeologist A few weeks ago, I wrote about how decorated pottery is helping us determine when the various large sites we have investigated in the Mule Creek area were occupied (see Learning from Pottery, Part 1: Dating). We can also use pottery to understand phenomena such as long-distance trade and [...]


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