#873, Style III Bowl from Pruitt

This Bowl is an example of Style III from the Pruitt Ranch site (sometimes known as the Pruitt site, Pruitt Upton Ranch site, Gorman Ranch site, and Upton-Tigner site). The Pruitt Ranch site is a large Mimbres village that straddles the Grant-Luna county line in southwestern New Mexico. The site has been dated to between A.D. 550 and 1130 and has both Late Pithouse and Classic period components. The Simons family recently donated the Pruitt Ranch site to the Archaeological Conservancy. Local residents, including Dr. Berry Bowen and family, V. F. Tannich, and Richard Eisele dug extensively at the site in the 1920s and 1930s. Some of the pottery taken by Tannich is housed at the University of Arkansas Museum and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Many other bowls from Pruitt reside in other museums and private collections. Relatively little professional excavation has taken place at the site. Darrell Creel (University of Texas, Austin) has undertaken mapping efforts.

这件陶碗是普鲁伊特牧场遗址（Pruitt Ranch site）III式风格的典型标本，该遗址又称普鲁伊特遗址、普鲁伊特-厄普顿牧场遗址、戈尔曼牧场遗址与厄普顿-泰格纳遗址。普鲁伊特牧场遗址是一座大型明布雷斯（Mimbres）村落，横跨美国新墨西哥州西南部格兰特县与卢纳县的交界地带。经年代测定，该遗址的年代为公元550年至1130年，包含晚期坑屋期与古典期两类遗存。西蒙斯家族近期将普鲁伊特牧场遗址捐赠予美国考古保护协会（Archaeological Conservancy）。20世纪20至30年代，包括贝里·博文博士及其家人、V·F·坦尼奇与理查德·艾瑟尔在内的当地居民，曾对该遗址开展大规模发掘。坦尼奇所获的部分陶器现收藏于阿肯色大学博物馆（University of Arkansas Museum）与圣路易斯艺术博物馆（Saint Louis Art Museum）。另有多件出土自普鲁伊特遗址的陶碗，收藏于其他博物馆及私人收藏者手中。迄今为止，该遗址开展的专业考古发掘工作仍相对有限。达雷尔·克里尔（德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校，University of Texas, Austin）已牵头完成该遗址的测绘工作。