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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I have the sincerest gratitude and appreciation to my committee members Dr. Carl Lipo,

Dr. Karen Quintiliani, Dr. Suzanne Wechsler, and Mitra Baghdadi for their continuous support,

advice, and motivation. A special thanks to Dr. Lipo for all that he has taught me, the numerous

opportunities he has given me, and for his many edits and advice on this thesis. Special thanks to

Dr. Quintiliani for her continued encouragement through this process.

I also thank all the individuals and organizations that gave me access to their ceramic

collections, data, and/or helped determine the locations of collections. I especially want to thank

those from CSULB, the John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, the Blas

Aguilar Adobe, and the Pacific Coast Archaeological Society. Further, I thank all those that

helped with data collection and data analysis: Enadina Lozano, Ashley Glenesk, Isabela Kott,

and Candice Brennan. I specifically want to thank Dr. Christine Rodrigue for her support and

guidance with my statistical analyses.

Finally, I would like to thank my family for their continued love and support. A very

special thanks to Ryan Moritz, without you this thesis would not have been possible. Kathleen,

Robert, Bill, Chris, Skylar, Coco, and Alfie thank you for your motivation and love. This thesis

is dedicated to my family.

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