Ceramic (Other Keyword)

IMAGE Lori Reed.

Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug globular shaped, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #830. Morris FS 3940. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is sherd and porphyritic igneous rock suggesting manufacture in the central Mesa Verde region. Vessel is 75% complete. Half of the rim is a reconstruction with unknown plaster material and handle is missing. Measurements: 7.5 cm rim diameter, 9 cm height. Image AZRU1-830 A: top view showing orifice and...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #850. Morris FS 3971. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec Ruin. Vessel is 90% complete. Measurements: 6.1 cm orifice diameter, 8.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-850 A: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-850 B: base view. Image AZRU1-850 C: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-850 D: side view showing design....

IMAGE Lori Reed.

Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #855. Morris FS 3122. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. 100% complete. Measurements: 7.4 cm diameter, 8.5 cm height. Sherd and granular igneous rock temper indicating local production. Image AZRU1-855 A: top view showing painted rim design. Image AZRU1-855 B: view of base showing wear around outer edge (base is slightly concave and wear is on outer edge). Image AZRU1-855 C: exterior...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #857. Morris FS 5135. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. 100% complete with 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 9.6 x 8.6 cm orifice diameter, 10 cm height. Sherd and granular igneous rock temper indicating local production. Image AZRU1-857 A: exterior side view showing design (with flash). Image AZRU1-857 B: exterior right hand side view of showing design. Image AZRU1-857 C: exterior view showing handle and...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #875. Morris FS 5161. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete with 20% reconstruction using unknown plaster material. Measurements: 7.4 cm diameter, 7.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-875 A: top view showing orifice and painted rim. Image AZRU1-875 B: top view showing orifice and painted rim. Image AZRU1-875 C: view of exterior base. Image AZRU1-875 D: side view...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #893. Morris FS 5176. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock and sherd suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Wear pattern on front of mug opposite handle suggests mug was used for scooping. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 5.7 x 5.3 cm orifice dimensions, 8 cm height. Image AZRU1-893 A: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-893 B: top view...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #894. Morris FS 4227. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 5.3 cm orifice diameter, 12 cm height. Image AZRU1-894 A: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 B: front view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 C: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 D: view showing handle and...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00010, Catalog #1040. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is sherd suggesting production in the central Mesa Verde region. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 6.5 cm orifice diameter, 11 cm height. Image AZRU10-1040 A: left hand side view showing painted design. Image AZRU10-1040 B: right hand side view showing painted design. Image AZRU10-1040 C: handle side view showing painted design. Image AZRU10-1040 D:top view showing orifice and painted...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00003, Catalog #284. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper not examined; not visible. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 6.6 cm diameter, 8 cm height. Image AZRU3-284 A: top view showing orifice. Image AZRU3-284 B: top view showing orifice. Image AZRU3-284 C: exterior base view. Image AZRU3-284 D: left hand side view showing painted design. Image AZRU3-284 E: left hand side view showing painted design. Image AZRU3-284 F: front side view showing...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00003, Catalog #325. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is sherd and granular igneous rock suggesting local production in the Middle San Juan region. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 7.7 cm orifice diameter, 10.5 cm height. Image AZRU3-325 A: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU3-325 B: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU3-325 C: view of base showing base abrasion. Image AZRU3-325 D: right hand side view showing...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, necked jar, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #1009, Morris FS 5478. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Granular igneous rock temper indicates local production probably at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete with about 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 7.2 cm orifice diameter, 17.7 cm height. Image AZRU1-1009 A: side view showing painted design and handle. Image AZRU1-1009 B: side view showing design and both handles. Image AZRU1-1009 C: side view showing...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, necked jar, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #1010, Morris FS 5478. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper was not visible for examination. Vessel is 100% complete with about 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 6.4 cm orifice diameter, 17.8 cm height. Image AZRU1-1010 A: side view showing painted design. Image AZRU1-1010 B: side view showing painted design and horizontal strap handle. Image AZRU1-1010 C: view showing exterior painted design. Image...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, necked jar, Accession AZRU-00008 Catalog #1501. Morris FS 5478. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper not examined; not visible on surface. Vessel is 100% complete with about 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 4.4 cm orifice diameter, 18 cm height. Image AZRU8-1501 A: side view showing painted design. Image AZRU8-1501 B: side view showing handle and painted design. Image AZRU8-1501 C: side view showing painted design. Image AZRU8-1501 D: top...

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Mesa Verde Black-on-white, olla, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #902. Morris FS 5427. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Sherd temper suggests vessel was produced in the Central Mesa Verde region. Vessel is 100% complete with about 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 7 cm orifice diameter, 29 cm height. Image AZRU1-902 A: closeup view showing painted design. Image AZRU1-902 B: closeup view of painted design. Image AZRU1-902 C: side view showing shape of olla. Image AZRU1-902...

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Mesa Verde style corrugated, globular jar, complete vessel, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1034, Morris FS 5165. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Granular igneous rock temper suggests manufacture at Aztec. Image AZRU1-1034A: exterior view. Image AZRU1-1034B: exterior view closeup of corrugations. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room A.14, Aztec West Ruin Annex. Earl Morris (1924: 236) provides only a cursory description of Room A.14: “Against the north wall of Room A.14, 1 ½ feet east of...

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Mesa Verde style corrugated, jar fragment, Accession AZRU-00008 Catalog #2095. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Jar fragment is the top lobe of a bi-lobed jar. Fragment represents roughly 30% of the original jar. Measurements: unknown; too fragmentary. Image AZRU8-2095 A: exterior view of bi-lobed jar fragment showing shape of rim and jar. Image AZRU8-2095 B: top view showing orifice. Image AZRU8-2095 C: top view showing interior of...

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Mesa Verde style corrugated, jar, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #911. Morris FS 4138. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock and sand suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 80% complete. Measurements: 12.8 cm height. Image AZRU1-911 A: top view showing orifice. Image AZRU1-911 B: base view. Image AZRU1-911 C: base view. Image AZRU1-911 D: exterior side view (with flash). Image AZRU1-911 E: exterior side view....

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Mudware and Pueblo II/III black-on-white appendages from hooved animal effigies, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #7525 (Morris FS 1118) and #7524 (Morris FS 1117). Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Image AMNH 29.0/7525 & 29.0/7524: front view of appendages. Image AMNH 29.0/7525: view of effigy appendage 7525 standing. Image AMNH 29.0/7524: view of effigy appendage 7524 standing. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Room 48, West Ruin, Aztec Ruins. Room 48 is in the east wing of West Ruin. “The...

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Untempered mudware, clay ball, Accession 29.0, Catalog #9658. Morris FS 3143. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Untempered and very silty paste. Image AMNH 29.0/9658: view of clay ball. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 141, Aztec West Ruin. Concerning Room 141 Morris noted “Neither floor nor ceiling of Room 141 showed the slightest discoloration such as would have resulted from use as a living chamber…The ceiling support is one large pine log, extending north and south; the small poles...

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Untempered mudware, 3 pinch pots, Accession 29.0, Catalog #9595 (Morris FS 3080), #9596 (Morris FS 3081), and #9597 (Morris FS 3082). Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Untempered and very silty paste. Image AMNH 29.0/9595, 9596, 9597: pinch pots (a. 9595; b. 9596; c. 9597). Note: pinch pot 9596 (b) was constructed and then crushed prior to drying. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 139, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 139 at the time of excavation is as follows: “When...

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Mug fragments, Aztec West Ruin, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog #s 7589 (FS ?), 13214 (FS 72), 7615 (FS 170), 7969 (FS 78), 7595 (FS 166), 7617 (FS 209). Analysis by Tori Myers and Lori Reed, 2005. Image Aztec Acc61 Ceramic 3: Top Left: Catalog #7589, Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug fragment, Room 225. Top Center: Catalog #13214, Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug fragment, Room 225. Top Right: Catalog # 7615, Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug fragment, Room 225. Bottom Left: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white mug...

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Nava Black-on-white, bowl (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #4976, Morris FS 3796. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is trachyte indicating the bowl was manufactured in the Chuska Valley. Bowl fragment is only about 30% of vessel. Measurements: 18 cm orifice diameter, 9.3 cm height. Image AZRU8-4976 A: interior view of bowl fragment showing painted design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 145, refuse below upper floor, Aztec West Ruin. Morris’ description of Room 145...

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Nava Black-on-white, ladle bowl fragment, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #981, Morris FS 4660. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is trachyte indicating manufacture in the Chuska Valley region. Ladle is missing the handle which was attached to the exterior surface on the side of ladle bowl at top of image. The ladle bowl is 100% complete with about 95% original vessel and 5% a reconstruction with unknown paster material. Measurements: 12 x 9.7 cm bowl diameter, 5.7 cm height. Image AZRU1-981 A:...

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Nava Black-on-white, Chuskan, ladle, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6758. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Trachyte temper. Ladle is 100% complete. Measurements: 6.9 cm orifice diameter (estimate), 3.5 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 A: view of exterior ladle base showing hard surface wear on bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6758 B: top view showing interior ladle bowl design, handle, and intensive dipper wear on the rim surface opposite of handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West...

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An ornament made from a hollow handle fragment, Room 204, Aztec West Ruin, Accession AZRU-00061, Catalog#10033, FS13. Broken edges were ground into flattened shape to form the ornament. Analysis by Tori Myers and Lori Reed, 2005. Image Aztec Acc61 Ceramic 50: side view of ornament showing ground edges and drill hole.