Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white, datura pot, AZRU1-1022

Mancos Black-on-white, datura pot, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #1022, Morris FS 5478. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is sherd and granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 100% complete with about 60% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 3 cm orifice diameter, 15.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-1022 A: side view. Image AZRU1-1022 B: side view. Image AZRU1-1022 C: view showing orifice and handles. Image AZRU1-1022 D: view showing orifice and handles. Image AZRU1-1022 E: view showing orifice and handles. 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.

本件藏品为曼科斯黑彩白陶（Mancos Black-on-white）曼陀罗造型陶罐，入藏编号AZRU-00001，目录编号1022，藏品号Morris FS 5478。2011年由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）完成分析检测。羼和料（temper）为陶片与粒状火成岩，据此推测该器物烧制于阿兹特克遗址。器物本体保存完整，修复比例约60%，修复过程使用了成分不明的石膏材料。测量数据：口径3厘米，通高15.5厘米。影像资料包括：AZRU1-1022 A：侧面视图；AZRU1-1022 B：侧面视图；AZRU1-1022 C：口径与把手视图；AZRU1-1022 D：口径与把手视图；AZRU1-1022 E：口径与把手视图。该器物出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）193号房址的发掘工作。厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对193号房址的描述如下：“……二层堆积有废弃器物，包括多件品相极佳的中型水罐与杯盏残片。这些残片数量众多、器身几乎全新且出自同一陶工之手，破碎状态提示其可能为有意损毁。另有一件非典型查科风格水罐，器表通体被漆层覆盖，其上以黄、红、黑三色绘制繁复纹饰”（莫里斯1928：362）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》，第26卷第五分册，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。