Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, effigy appendage, AZRU-00001/646
Part of the Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History project
Creator(s): Lori Reed
Year: 2006
Summary
Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, effigy appendage (leg/foot) (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #646, Morris FS 4619. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is medium quartz sand and slip is washy and bright white, indicating production in the Chaco Cibola region. Appendage fragment probably represents less than 10% of original effigy. Image AZRU1-646 A: side view of effigy appendage. Image AZRU1-646 B: longitudinal view of appendage. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. No published description of Kiva R available.
Cite this Record
Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, effigy appendage, AZRU-00001/646. Lori Reed. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374098) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83R0R6T
Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
Material
Ceramic
Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Settlements
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Town / City
Investigation Types
Collections Research
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Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM
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Aztec West Ruin
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Ceramic
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Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white
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Effigy Appendage
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Kiva R
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Pottery
Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley
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Four Corners Region
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Middle San Juan
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San Juan Basin
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Totah
Temporal Keywords
Late Chacoan - Post Chacoan Period
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)
Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -108.038; min lat: 36.803 ; max long: -107.955; max lat: 36.861 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Gary Brown
Contributor(s): Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; Lori Reed; Aztec Ruins National Monument
Principal Investigator(s): Lori Reed
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: Property of American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
Original Item: Housed at 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
File Information
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| azru1-646-b.jpg | 98.71kb | Feb 2, 2012 7:46:11 AM | Public | ||
| azru1-646-a.jpg | 78.76kb | Dec 30, 2011 2:41:54 PM | Public |