Ceramic: Tularosa Patterned Corrugated, rectangular bowl, AMNH 29.0/7128

Summary

Tularosa Patterned Corrugated, bowl (trencher style), Accession 29.0, Catalog #7128. Morris FS 724. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper not analyzed. Bowl is rectangular shaped; smudged and polished interior; fine patterned corrugations on exterior. Although the vessel is 100% complete, roughly 40% is an artist reconstruction using unknown clay and black paint. Most of the original smudging on the interior surface was painted over with black commercial paint to reconstruct a smudged appearance. Measurements: 18,5 x 8 cm orifice diameter; 6.2 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/7128 A: exterior view of base showing five spiral coil patterns and indented corrugations. Image AMNH 29.0/7128 B: exterior view showing indented corrugations extending from base to mid-body and patterned corrugations from mid-body to rim. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 51, Aztec West Ruin. Morris indicates “the initial deposit in Room 51 was an average of 8 feet of refuse, over which lay charcoal from the burned ceiling. The specimens found in the refuse were: a rectangular bowl, three black-on-white ware bowls, fragment of a black-on-white pot lid, potsherds, seven grooved axes,…[long list of artifacts]…Centrally placed in the west wall had been a T-shaped door…The door had been completely filled with masonry. The wall beneath it had been torn out to provide a vent for the tunnel described under Room 56. The rectangular door in the center of the east wall also had been blocked. In the southeast corner a triangular bench of masonry rose to a height of 1 foot 7 inches. It extended 3 feet along both east and south walls.

Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gary Brown

Contributor(s): Lori Reed; Anne Grulich; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; Aztec Ruins National Monument

Principal Investigator(s): Laurie Webster

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY

Notes

Rights & Attribution: Artifact was collected from Aztec West Ruin excavations by Earl Morris between 1916 and 1922. Morris' excavations were sponsored and funded by the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Rights & Attribution: High resolution images of the item are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Rights & Attribution: Publication or use of the image is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with American Museum of Natural History and Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Source Collections

Original Item: American Museum of Natural History, New York

Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Related Comparative Collections

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

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