Diversity of Pottery Styles Developed by Same People (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Diversity of Pottery Styles Developed by Same People

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Some archaeologists pointed to dramatic shifts in Caribbean pottery styles as evidence of new migrations. But genetics show all of the styles were created by one group of people over time. These effigy vessels belong to the Saladoid pottery type, ornate and difficult to shape.

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Corinne Hofman and Menno Hoogland

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