PRODUCTION OF SAN-JUAN RED WARE IN THE NORTHERN SOUTHWEST - INSIGHTS INTO REGIONAL INTERACTION IN EARLY PUEBLOAN PREHISTORY

San Juan Red ware pottery was distributed across the northern Southwes t from the eighth through tenth centuries A.D., though made only in th e northern San Juan region. This paper investigates the concentration (Costin 1991) of San Juan Red ware production through neutron activati on analysis of the pottery and raw materials. Production was concentra ted in the area of southeast Utah, and within that area it appears to have been produced at only a limited number of sources, possibly by sp ecialized pottery-making communities. These results have implications regarding economic organization, exchange, and mobility.