Ceramic: Tusayan Black-on-red, bowl, AZRU-00001/1014

Tusayan Black-on-red, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #1014, Morris FS 4310. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Sherd temper and red paste indicates Tsegi Orange Ware manufactured in the Kayenta region. Bowl is reconstructed with 70% original fragments and 30% unknown paster material. Measurements: 19.5 cm orifice diameter, 12 cm height. Image AZRU1-1014 A: view of exterior surface showing shape of bowl. Image AZRU1-1014 B: closeup of interior design. Image AZRU1-1014 C: interior view showing painted design. Note: brownish red sections are plaster material reconstruction. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva Q, Aztec West Ruin. Morris (1924:257) mentions Kiva Q as a comparison to kivas in the West Ruin Annex: "Kiva A.2 is of a different type, but from its similarity to Kiva Q in the main ruin, which is of known Chaco age, it must be considered contemporaneous with Kiva A.1." No other published description of Kiva Q is available. Reference: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.