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Qualitative Temper Characterization of Potsherds from the West Branch Site, Tucson, Arizona (TR1993-14) (PDF)

Five hundred and twenty-two sherds recovered from excavations at the West Branch site were submitted for temper characterization. Temper source characterization was based on Lombard’s (1987c) reconnaissance mapping of temper resource compositional zones, or petrofacies, in the Tucson Basin and Avra Valley; and incorporates refinements to the Tucson Basin model made by Lombard (1987a, 198Th, 1987d, 1990) and Heidke (1994); and refinement of the Avra Valley model made by Kaniilli (1994). Samples included examples of five wares: red-on-brown, redware, polychrome, plainware, and red-on-buff.