Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white, mug, AZRU1-852

McElmo Black-on-white, mug (necked form), Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #852. Morris FS 2855. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec Ruin. Vessel is 100% complete. Measurements: 6 cm orifice diameter, 10.5 cm height. Image AZRU1-852 A: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-852 B: top view showing orifice and rim design. Image AZRU1-852 C: base view. Image AZRU1-852 D: base view. Image AZRU1-852 E: side view showing design. Image AZRU1-852 F: front view showing design. Image AZRU1-852 G: left hand side view showing design and rim abrasion. Image AZRU1-852 H: view showing handle design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 1, Burial 1, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 1at the time of excavation is as follows. “Room 1 constituted the southeast corner of the ruin. Although in reality the terminal member of an arc-shaped row, the curve is so slight that it is scarcely noticeable….Covering the filth-stained floor was from 1 foot 3 inches to 2 feet of refuse in which the decay of perishable components was completes. This refuse was principally of Chaco age and contained numerous artifacts…..Burials Nos. 1 to 4 were in the refuse. Beneath the floor mixed earth continues to an unknown depth. Probably there is a refuse pit beneath at least a portion of its area. (Morris 1928: 268) 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. For burials see Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin and the Aztec Ruin Annex, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XXVI, Parts III and IV, American Museum of Natural History, New York.