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Science 9 July 1965:
Vol. 149. no. 3680, pp. 194 - 195
DOI: 10.1126/science.149.3680.194
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Pox Pottery: Earliest Identified Mexican Ceramic

Charles F. Brush 1

1 American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, New York, 10024

The earliest known ceramics from Mexico, termed "Pox Pottery," may mark the transition from a nomadic to a settled way of life. The presence of "Pox Pottery" in both coastal Guerrero and the Tehuacan Valley might provide evidence as to the type of environment in which this change first occurred.


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