Ceramic: Tusayan Black-on-red, bowl, AZRU-00001/969

Tusayan Black-on-red, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001, Catalog #969, Morris FS 4309. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Based on orange paste and sand/sherd temper, the bowl was produced in the Kayenta region. Bowl is 100% complete with 80% original vessel and 20% reconstruction using unknown plaster material. Image AZRU1-969 A: closeup of exterior base showing hard surface use attrition. Measurements: 20.5 cm orifice diameter, 12 cm height. Image AZRU1-969 B: exterior view showing shape of bowl and drill holes for repair. Image AZRU1-969 C: closeup of interior showing design and drill holes for repair. Image AZRU1-969 D: interior view showing design. 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.