Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, mug, AZRU1-857

Mesa Verde Black-on-white mug, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #857. Morris FS 5135. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. 100% complete with 40% reconstruction with unknown plaster material. Measurements: 9.6 x 8.6 cm orifice diameter, 10 cm height. Sherd and granular igneous rock temper indicating local production. Image AZRU1-857 A: exterior side view showing design (with flash). Image AZRU1-857 B: exterior right hand side view of showing design. Image AZRU1-857 C: exterior view showing handle and painted design. Image AZRU1-857 D: exterior left hand side view showing painted design. Image AZRU1-857 E: oblique angle view of base. Image AZRU1-857 F: top view showing rim decoration. Image AZRU1-857 G: top view showing rim decoration. Image AZRU1-857 H: view of base. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva A.4, refuse on floor, Aztec West Ruin Annex. Earl Morris’ (1924:245-246) description of Kiva A.4 at the time of excavation is as follows: “The diameter of Kiva A.4 was 9 ½ feet and the distance from floor to surface of the mound 7 feet. The walls were a one-course veneer of cobblestones…A deposit of refuse covered the floor to a depth of 1 foot 5 inches against the south wall, sloping thence downward and dwindling out at the center of the room. Ashes, sweepings, animal bones, and potsherds were the principal components. This deposit yielded a double-bottomed mug (Field No. 5135), two awls (Field Nos. 5136, 5138), two bone tubes (Field Nos. 5139, 5140), a deer jaw scraper (Field No. 5141), and a red crinoid stem (Field No. 5137)…”
Reference: 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.