Mancos Style (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: Mancos Black-on-white (Mancos style), bowl, AZRU-00001/811 (2006)
Mancos Black-on-white (Mancos style), bowl (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #811, Morris FS 4577. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is identified as diorite porphyry, sand, and sherd suggesting production in the central Mesa Verde region. Bowl is in fragments 80% original pieces, 10% missing, and 10% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Bowl had been restored and reconstructed, but is now fragmentary. Measurements: 20 cm orifice diameter estimate. Image AZRU1-811 A: Rim...