Ceramic: McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), ladle, AZRU-00008/2081

McElmo Black-on-white (Early style), ladle (fragmentary), Accession AZRU-00008, Catalog #2081, Morris FS 4663. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2006. Diorite porphyry temper suggests the ladle was manufactured in the central Mesa Verde region. Ladle is 45% complete with half of the handle and about half of the bowl missing. Measurements: 10.5 cm orifice diameter, height unknown. Image AZRU8-2081 A: view of ladle showing interior bowl design. Image AZRU8-2081 B: view of ladle showing painted design and dipper wear. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva S, Aztec West Ruin. Kiva S is briefly mentioned in Morris (1924) in reference to a burial, but otherwise there is no published description of Kiva S. Reference: Earl Morris, 1924, Burials in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part III, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.麦克埃尔默白地黑彩（早期风格）勺形器（残件），入藏编号AZRU-00008，登记号2081，考古编号Morris FS 4663。2006年由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）完成分析。该器物以闪长玢岩（Diorite porphyry）作为羼和料，推测其产自梅萨维德中部地区。本勺形器残存约45%，器柄半数缺失，器碗亦近半缺失。尺寸参数：口径10.5厘米，器高不详。图像AZRU8-2081 A：该勺形器视图，展示器碗内部纹饰；图像AZRU8-2081 B：该勺形器视图，展示彩绘纹饰与勺部使用痕迹。该器物出土自厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）S基瓦（Kiva S）的发掘工作。S基瓦仅在莫里斯1924年的论著中被简要提及以关联一处墓葬，除此之外暂无公开的S基瓦相关描述。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris），1924年，《阿兹特克遗址墓葬》，第26卷第三部分，《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。