• DOI:10.1007/BF02221836
Corpus ID: 161916440

Ford revisited: A critical review of the chronology and relationships of the earliest ceramic complexes in the New World, 6000-1500 B.C.

@article{Hoopes1994FordRA,
  title={Ford revisited: A critical review of the chronology and relationships of the earliest ceramic complexes in the New World, 6000-1500 B.C.},
  author={John W. Hoopes},
  journal={Journal of World Prehistory},
  year={1994},
  volume={8},
  pages={1-49}
}

John W. Hoopes

Published 1994

Geology

Journal of World Prehistory

In 1969, Ford offered a comprehensive model for the diffusion of ceramic production and Formative lifeways in the New World. Although criticized as simplistic, it was echoed by other “unitary” models, such as Lathrap's spread of Tropical Forest culture outward from a lowland South American hearth. Radiocarbon dates suggest that the earliest American pottery appears in the Amazon basin as early as 6000 B.C. However, there is little support for an “ex Amazonas lux” spread of pottery technology… CONTINUE READING

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