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A Comment on Ford's Review of Early Formative Period of Coastal Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Jon D. Muller
Jon D. Muller*
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
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Abstract

Ford"s conclusions that a substantial reevaluation of New World prehistory is required are not fully justified. In the first place, the Valdivia complex has not clearly been shown to be the source for all New World ceramics. Second, the comparisons of Valdivia and Jomon potsherds are not so tightly controlled as Ford indicates. Given the great variety of ceramic decoration in Japan, it is not surprising that many similarities should exist. In addition, the question of ceramic origins is confused with the origins of Neolithic and the question of long-range culture contact.

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American Antiquity , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 254 - 255
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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