Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, olla, AZRU1-902

Summary

Mesa Verde Black-on-white, olla, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #902. Morris FS 5427. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Sherd temper suggests vessel was produced in the Central Mesa Verde region. Vessel is 100% complete with about 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 7 cm orifice diameter, 29 cm height. Image AZRU1-902 A: closeup view showing painted design. Image AZRU1-902 B: closeup view of painted design. Image AZRU1-902 C: side view showing shape of olla. Image AZRU1-902 D: view showing location of handle. Image AZRU1-902 E: top view showing orifice, shape of olla, and handles. Image AZRU1-902 F: top view showing orifice, shape of olla, and handles. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 185, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 185 at the time of excavation is as follows. “…. two feet of a very hard and compact light colored earth on a floor level that showed practically no signs of use. A refuse layer was above this and the first storey roof remains above that. The only doorway was a T-shaped door in the east wall.” (Morris 1928:409) 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.

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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): 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: 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: 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: High resolution images of the item are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

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 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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