Could not resolve artifact error with Maven

When I build a module using Maven, I get the following error: Can anyone please let me know what this error means exactly?

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.dsths.common:container-maven-plugin:1.2.1:dis
t (build-distributions) on project pmDist: Unable to create distribution: Could
not resolve artifact: com.dsths.awdprovidermatching:pmConfig:jar:default-externa
l-jetty:1.0.2-SNAPSHOT:COMPILE -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e swit
ch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
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