Ceramic: Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH29.0/6807

Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white, ladle, AMNH Accession 29.0, Catalog #6807. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2004. Temper is medium quartz sand in a silty low fired paste suggesting local production at Aztec. Ladle is missing handle and base of bowl. Measurements: 8.8 cm orifice diameter, 4.3 cm height. Image AMNH 29/6807: view showing interior ladle bowl design. Note: rim portion on right side of ladle has missing rim decoration due to dipper wear. The missing handle would have been attached on the exterior surface on opposite side of ladle from dipper wear. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Kiva D, Aztec West Ruin. Morris describes Kiva D as having “been burned before its original contents were removed….Quantities of charcoal covered the floor. The adobe from the roof was fused in places and in others burned to the consistency of brick. The space above was filled by fallen masonry” (Earl Morris 1916-1923 unpublished “Kiva Notes”; on file at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico). Morris (1924:212) also indicates that the bodies of four individuals were in the kiva at the time of burning. “Pottery vessels and other objects were scattered about on the floor and on the banquettes as if left where convenience dictated by those accustomed to frequent the chamber” (Morris 1924:212). Reference: 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.查科-麦克埃尔莫黑纹白陶（Chaco-McElmo Black-on-white）陶勺，美国自然历史博物馆（American Museum of Natural History，简称AMNH）入藏编号29.0，目录编号6807。该器物由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）于2004年完成分析。其羼和料为中等粒径石英砂，胎体质地粉质且烧成温度较低，暗示该器物为阿兹特克遗址本地生产。该陶勺缺失把手与碗部底部。尺寸：口径8.8厘米，器高4.3厘米。影像资料编号AMNH 29/6807：展示陶勺内部纹饰的视图。备注：陶勺右侧的口沿部分因长期作为勺使用造成的磨损，缺失了口沿装饰。缺失的把手原本安装在陶勺外表面，与磨损部位相对的一侧。该器物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）主持发掘的阿兹特克西遗址D号基瓦（Kiva）。厄尔·莫里斯在其1916-1923年未出版的《基瓦笔记》（Kiva Notes）中记载：“该基瓦在原始遗存被清理前即已被焚毁……地面覆盖着大量木炭，屋顶的土坯有些区域已熔融，其余区域则被烧至砖块般的硬度，上方空间被坍塌的砖石填满。”该笔记现存于新墨西哥州阿兹特克遗址国家纪念地（Aztec Ruins National Monument）档案中。莫里斯（1924：212）同时指出，焚毁发生时，该基瓦内共有4具人类遗骸。“陶器与其他器物散落在地面与基瓦坛台上，仿佛是惯常使用该空间的人们出于便利随手放置的”（莫里斯，1924：212）。参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1924年，《阿兹特克遗址及其附属区墓葬》，载《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》第26卷第三、四分册，美国自然历史博物馆，纽约。