Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/810
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
McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), deep hemispherical bowl, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #810, Morris FS 4655. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Temper is identified as granular igneous suggesting production at Aztec. Bowl is 100% complete, with 90% original bowl and 10% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. A single drill hole is present and was probably for repair; the matching drill hole was filled with commerical plaster material during reconstruction. Measurements: 26 cm orifice diameter, 16 cm height. Image AZRU1-810 A: Closeup of interior design and rim ticking. AZRU1-810 B: Interior view showing design. AZRU1-810 C: Exterior view of bowl showing drill hole. Image AZRU1-810 D: Closeup of interior design and rim ticking. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva S, Aztec West Ruin. Kiva S is briefly mentioned in Morris (1924) in reference to a burial, but otherwise there is no published description of Kiva S. Reference: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Cite this Record
Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU-00001/810. Lori Reed. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374102) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8PR7T5V
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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Bowl
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Ceramic
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Kiva S
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McElmo Black-On-White
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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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azru1-810-b.jpg | 99.09kb | Feb 2, 2012 9:59:45 AM | Public | ||
azru1-810-c.jpg | 106.96kb | Feb 2, 2012 9:59:47 AM | Public | ||
azru1-810-a.jpg | 89.20kb | Dec 30, 2011 2:41:57 PM | Public |