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The famed Hopi yellow-ware vessels of the American southwest were not the product of any single technological variable, firing technique, clay, or temper Instead, all of these factors worked together in a technological system affected by the desires, knowledge, and effectualness of the people producing the pottery.
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Canouts, V., Bishop, R. A Hopi tradition: Yellow firing ceramics. JOM 47, 58–59 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03221257
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