Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white, miniature pitcher, AZRU-00008/2083

Creator(s): Lori Reed

Year: 2006

Summary

Gallup Black-on-white, miniature pitcher (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2083, Morris FS 4608. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Sand and sherd temper, vitrified paste, and mineral paint suggest the pitcher was manufactured in the Chaco Cibola region. Vessel is 90% complete with additional fragments. Measurements: 4 cm orifice diameter, 8 cm height. Image AZRU8-2083 A: view of pitcher showing exterior painted design. Note: pitcher has stubs for a strap handle that is missing. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. No published description of Kiva R available.

Cite this Record

Ceramic: Gallup Black-on-white, miniature pitcher, AZRU-00008/2083. Lori Reed. 2006. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374143) ; doi:10.6067/XCV88S4NXB


Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Ceramic

Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM • Aztec West Ruin • Ceramic • Gallup Black-on-white • Kiva R • Pitcher • Pottery

Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley • Four Corners Region • Middle San Juan • San Juan Basin • 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): Lori Reed; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; 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

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