Ceramic: McElmo style black-on-white, pitcher, AMNH 29.1/3215

McElmo style black-on-white, small Chaco style pitcher, Accession 29.1, Catalog #3215. Morris FS 5066. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper not visible; area of production unknown. Measurements: 6.5 cm orifice diameter, 15.2 cm height. Image AMNH 29.1/3215 A: closeup of rim showing wear pattern. Image AMNH 29.1/3215 B: side view showing design. Image AMNH 29.1/3215 C: side view showing design and wear at rim. Image AMNH 29.1/3215 D: side view showing handle. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of southeast refuse mound, Burial 103, Aztec West Ruin. The southeast refuse mound Morris described as having “a depth of about 7 feet and composed of sweepings, ashes, animal bones, and sherds.. but generally lacking in architectural debris. There were occasional rock-walled firepits. Sherds in the mound were all of the earlier Chaco complex …burials are extremely rare in all of the refuse heaps.” (Morris 1928:414).
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.