Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU1-978

Creator(s): Lori Reed

Year: 2011

Summary

McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #978, Morris FS 4596. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is indeterminate crushed rock; indeterminate provenance. Measurements: 8.7 cm height, 15 x 13.7 cm orifice dimensions. Image AZRU1-978A: side view showing shape of ladle. Image AZRU1-978B: side view showing shape of ladle. Image AZRU1-978C: side view showing shape of ladle and punched holes in hollow handle. Image AZRU1-978D: side view showing shape of ladle and punched holes in hollow handle. AZRU1-978E: top view showing painted design on interior of bowl. AZRU1-978F: top view showing painted design on interior of bowl. AZRU1-978G: closeup of ladle bowl showing painted design. AZRU1-978H: closeup of ladle bowl showing painted design on interior. Recovered from Earl Morris' excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. Kiva R was located in the northeast corner of the Aztec West Plaza, but no published description exists.

Cite this Record

Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AZRU1-978. Lori Reed. 2011. Aztec Ruins National Monument ( tDAR id: 374675) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8R20ZGS


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 • Kiva R • Ladle • McElmo Black-On-White • 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): 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

General Note: 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.

General Note: High resolution images of the item are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, 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.

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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