Ceramic: Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl, AZRU-00008/4995

Mancos Black-on-white (Sosi style), bowl (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #4995, Morris FS 4590. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Diorite porphyry and sand temper suggests the bowl was manufactured in the central Mesa Verde region. Bowl fragments represent only about 60% of vessel. Note: after breakage a section of the base was reused possibly as a scoop resulting in edge wear. Image AZRU8-4995 A: rim and body fragments showing interior painted design. Image AZRU8-4995 B: section of base showing edge wear. Image AZRU8-4995 C: view of exterior surface of vessel base showing reuse after breakage (left side). Image AZRU8-4995 D: view of interior surface of vessel base section showing reuse after breakage (left side). Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva R, Aztec West Ruin. No published description of Kiva R available.