Limonite as Evidence for Pottery Manufacture at Jornada Mogollon Sites

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Research at Jornada Mogollon Sites in South-Central New Mexico" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent fieldwork at Cottonwood Spring Pueblo and other Doña Ana and El Paso phase sites in New Mexico’s southern Tularosa Basin consistently reveal evidence of pottery manufacture. Pieces of natural and worked limonite have been found in proximity to jar fragments with a yellow coat of paint on their interior and sometimes exterior surfaces. Chupadero Black-on-White, El Paso Polychrome and El Paso Brown jars appear to be the primary types used to hold paint during the process of decorating vessels. Once fired, limonite turns red, which was used to produce either the red paint or red slip for creating El Paso Bichrome and El Paso Polychrome painted designs.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Research at Jornada Mogollon Sites in South-Central New Mexico   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 22974