#1000, 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.

本件碗具为普鲁伊特牧场遗址（Pruitt Ranch site，又称普鲁伊特遗址、普鲁伊特-阿普顿牧场遗址、戈尔曼牧场遗址以及厄普顿-泰格纳遗址）第三风格器物的典型实例。普鲁伊特牧场遗址是一座横跨美国新墨西哥州西南部格兰特县与卢纳县交界地带的大型明布雷斯（Mimbres）村落遗址，年代可追溯至公元550年至1130年，同时包含晚期坑居期与古典期两类遗存。西蒙斯家族近日已将普鲁伊特牧场遗址捐赠给考古保护协会（Archaeological Conservancy）。20世纪20至30年代，包括贝里·鲍恩（Berry Bowen）博士及其家人、V·F·坦尼奇（V. F. Tannich）与理查德·艾瑟尔（Richard Eisele）在内的当地人士曾对该遗址开展大规模发掘。坦尼奇所获的部分陶器现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）。普鲁伊特遗址出土的其余大量碗类器物则收藏于其他博物馆及私人藏家之手。目前针对该遗址的专业考古发掘工作相对匮乏。达雷尔·克里尔（Darrell Creel，得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）曾牵头开展该遗址的测绘工作。