We revisit the age and typological character of “Pox Pottery” that was reported in the 1960s by Charles Brush who considered it to be uniquely early (~2440 BC). Investigating the same two sites in coastal Guerrero where Brush excavated, we recovered Early Formative ceramics, some with the “pox” attribute. Here, we report potsherd frequencies for these deposits at both sites according to regional ceramic typologies, as well as AMS 14C dates used to establish a Bayesian stratigraphic chronology for each site to better constrain the age of these Early Formative period deposits. We argue that “Pox Pottery” is not a ceramic type per se and that the “pox” attribute occurs in multiple Early Formative period ceramic types. The earliest pottery is similar to other Red-on-Buff ceramic traditions from the Central Mexican Highlands and west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Our chronological work demonstrates that these ceramics date between 1820 and 1400 cal BC, consistent with other recent studies indicating an early age of Red-on-Buff ceramics and suggesting shared cultural traditions distinct from the contemporary Locona interaction sphere that emerged in parallel.

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重新思考墨西哥格雷罗“痘陶”的时代和类型特征

我们重新审视 1960 年代查尔斯·布拉什 (Charles Brush) 报道的“痘陶器”的年代和类型特征，他认为这是独一无二的早期（约公元前 2440 年）。调查在格雷罗沿海的两个相同的地点，刷子挖掘，我们恢复了早期形成的陶瓷，其中一些具有“痘”属性。在这里，我们根据区域陶瓷类型以及 AMS 报告了两个地点的这些矿床的陶片频率14C 日期用于为每个站点建立贝叶斯地层年表，以更好地限制这些早期形成时期沉积物的年龄。我们认为“痘陶”本身不是陶瓷类型，“痘”属性出现在多种早期形成时期的陶瓷类型中。最早的陶器与来自墨西哥中部高地和特万特佩克地峡以西的其他 Red-on-Buff 陶瓷传统相似。我们的年代学工作表明，这些陶瓷的历史可追溯至公元前 1820 年至 1400 年，这与其他最近的研究一致，表明 Red-on-Buff 陶瓷的早期时代，并暗示了与同时出现的当代 Locona 互动领域不同的共同文化传统。