Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, AZRU1-894
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: 2011
Summary
Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #894. Morris FS 4227. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 5.3 cm orifice diameter, 12 cm height. Image AZRU1-894 A: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 B: front view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 C: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-894 D: view showing handle and painted design. Image AZRU1-894 E: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-894 F: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-894 G: base view. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 43, Burial 81 Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 43 at the time of excavation is as follows. “….two floor levels were found in Room 43. In the center of the upper floor was a fire pit lined with sandstone. Between the floors were 3- feet of refuse containing some fallen wall stones and timbers, large pine logs, small round poles, and cedar splints, composing the full quota of wooden elements for a ceiling. This refuse was a Chaco deposit from which came a mammal bone awl and a ladle of black-on-white ware (Field Nos. 4230, 4653) and numerous potsherds. Burial 81 was beneath the lower floor. West of the center of the south wall is a blocked and almost obliterated door. Built up in the room against it was a masonry ventilator shaft, like those with which kivas were equipped, extending down to the lower floor.” (Morris 1928:296) Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Cite this Record
Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, AZRU1-894. Lori Reed. 2011. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374573) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85T3HZR
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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Burial 81
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Ceramic
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Mesa Verde Black-On-White
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Mug
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Pottery
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Room 43
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): Anne Grulich; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM
Principal Investigator(s): Lori Reed
Repository(s): Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM; American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
Notes
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.
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: Artifact is classified as a NAGPRA item; access to the image(s) is restricted. Researchers may consult with the American Museum of Natural History and the National Park Service Aztec Ruins National Monument for permission to view image(s).
Source Collections
Original Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, and NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
Related Comparative Collections
Aztec Ruins Collections housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York
Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico
File Information
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azru1-894-g.jpg | 142.28kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:09:55 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-b.jpg | 185.76kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:09:57 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-c.jpg | 193.72kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:09:59 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-d.jpg | 176.02kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:10:02 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-e.jpg | 122.78kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:10:05 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-f.jpg | 173.32kb | Jan 24, 2012 4:10:09 PM | Confidential | ||
azru1-894-a.jpg | 190.74kb | Jan 24, 2012 11:03:58 AM | Confidential |
Accessing Restricted Files
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Contact(s): Gary Brown