Untempered Bowl (Other Keyword)
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Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and...
Ceramic: Untempered mudware, bowl, AMNH 29.0/6754 (2004)
Untempered mudware, miniature bowl, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6754. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper is fine quartz sand in a silty low fired paste. Bowl is 100% complete, with only a small nick in the rim. Measurements: 8.7 cm orifice diameter, 5.4 cm height. Image AMNH 29.0/6754 A: exterior view showing shape of bowl. Image AMNH 29.0/6754 B: interior view showing polished surface. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been...