Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4995

Summary

Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #4995, Morris FS 4590. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Diorite porphyry and sand temper suggests the bowl was manufactured in the central Mesa Verde region. Bowl fragments represent only about 60% of vessel. Note: after breakage a section of the base was reused possibly as a scoop resulting in edge wear. Image AZRU8-4995 A: rim and body fragments showing interior painted design. Image AZRU8-4995 B: section of base showing edge wear. Image AZRU8-4995 C: view of exterior surface of vessel base showing reuse after breakage (left side). Image AZRU8-4995 D: view of interior surface of vessel base section showing reuse after breakage (left side). Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. No published description of Kiva R available.

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

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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