Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-883

Mesa Verde Black-on-white, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #883. Morris FS 5119. CULTURALLY SENSITIVE: NAGPRA ARTIFACT; ACCESS RESTRICTED. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Temper is granular igneous rock suggesting manufacture at Aztec. Vessel is 99% restored with unknown adhesive. Measurements: 18.6 cm diameter, 7.9 cm height. Image AZRU1-883 A: exterior view showing isolated design element. Image AZRU1-883 B: view of isolated element on other side of exterior. Image AZRU1-883 C: closeup view of interior design. Image AZRU1-883 D: interior view of design. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 185, Burial 123, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 185 at the time of excavation is as follows. “…. two feet of a very hard and compact light colored earth on a floor level that showed practically no signs of use. A refuse layer was above this and the first storey roof remains above that. The only doorway was a T-shaped door in the east wall.” (Morris 1928:409) 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. For burials see 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.