Ceramic: Aztec Black, bowl, AZRU1-851

Aztec Black, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #851. Morris FS 5477. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec Ruin. Vessel is 98% complete with about 2 percent filled in with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 19.5 cm orifice diameter, 10.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-851 A: side view showing bowl shape and exterior band of corrugations. Image AZRU1-851 B: side view showing bowl shape. Image AZRU1-851 C: side view showing bowl shape. Image AZRU1-851 D: exterior base view. Image AZRU1-851 E: exterior base view. Image AZRU1-851 F: interior view showing polished smudged surface. Image AZRU1-851 G: interior view (white background). Image AZRU1-851 H: exterior base view (white background). Image AZRU1-851 I: side and base view showing shape of bowl (white background). Image AZRU1-851 J: side view (white background). Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 193, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 193 at the time of excavation is as follows. “….refuse that had been deposited on the second floor, including fragments of a considerable number of very fine medium-sized water jars and mugs that were shattered, possibly intentionally, judging from their number and the fact that they were practically new and of the same potter. Another atypical Chaco water jar had the entire surface completely hidden by a coat of lacquer bearing an elaborate design in yellow, red, and black” (Morris 1928:362). 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.

阿兹特克黑陶（Aztec Black）碗，馆藏编号AZRU-00001，目录号851，编号Morris FS 5477。2011年由洛里·里德完成分析。其陶瓷羼和料为粒状火成岩，推测烧制于阿兹特克遗址（Aztec Ruin）。该容器完整度达98%，剩余约2%的缺损部位以未知灰泥材料填补。尺寸参数：口径19.5厘米，通高10.5厘米。
影像资料如下：AZRU1-851 A：侧视图，展示碗形器物及外部的瓦楞纹带；AZRU1-851 B：侧视图，展示碗形；AZRU1-851 C：侧视图，展示碗形；AZRU1-851 D：外部底部视图；AZRU1-851 E：外部底部视图；AZRU1-851 F：内部视图，可见经打磨的模糊表面；AZRU1-851 G：内部视图（白色背景）；AZRU1-851 H：外部底部视图（白色背景）；AZRU1-851 I：侧部与底部视图，展示碗形（白色背景）；AZRU1-851 J：侧视图（白色背景）。
该器物出土于阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）193号房址的厄尔·莫里斯发掘现场。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对193号房址的描述如下："……二层堆积的废弃物中包含大量精美中型水罐与杯盏的碎片，这些器物几乎全新且出自同一陶工之手，结合其数量与保存状态推测，可能是被有意击碎。另有一件非典型查科（Chaco）风格水罐，通体被一层漆料覆盖，其上以黄、红、黑三色绘制繁复纹饰"（Morris 1928:362）。
参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》第26卷第5部分，纽约。