#73, Style III Seed Jar from Pruitt

This Seed Jar is an example of Style III from the Pruitt Ranch site (sometimes known as the Pruitt site, Pruitt Upton Ranch site, Gorman Ranch site, and Upton-Tigner site). The Pruitt Ranch site is a large Mimbres village that straddles the Grant-Luna county line in southwestern New Mexico. The site has been dated to between A.D. 550 and 1130 and has both Late Pithouse and Classic period components. The Simons family recently donated the Pruitt Ranch site to the Archaeological Conservancy. Local residents, including Dr. Berry Bowen and family, V. F. Tannich, and Richard Eisele dug extensively at the site in the 1920s and 1930s. Some of the pottery taken by Tannich is housed at the University of Arkansas Museum and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Many other bowls from Pruitt reside in other museums and private collections. Relatively little professional excavation has taken place at the site. Darrell Creel (University of Texas, Austin) has undertaken mapping efforts.

这件种子罐（Seed Jar）系普赖特牧场遗址（Pruitt Ranch site，亦称普赖特遗址、普赖特厄普顿牧场遗址、戈尔曼牧场遗址及厄普顿-泰格纳遗址）风格III的典型器物。普赖特牧场遗址是一座大型明布雷斯（Mimbres）村落，横跨美国新墨西哥州西南部格兰特县与卢纳县的县界。该遗址年代可追溯至公元550年至1130年，包含晚期半地穴房屋期与古典期两类遗存。西蒙斯家族近期将普赖特牧场遗址捐赠予考古保护协会（Archaeological Conservancy）。20世纪20至30年代，包括贝里·鲍恩博士及其家人、V·F·坦尼奇（V. F. Tannich）、理查德·艾瑟尔（Richard Eisele）在内的当地居民曾对该遗址开展大规模发掘。坦尼奇所获的部分陶器现收藏于阿肯色大学博物馆（University of Arkansas Museum）与圣路易斯艺术博物馆（Saint Louis Art Museum）。另有多件出自普赖特遗址的陶碗收藏于其他博物馆及私人藏家之手。该遗址的专业考古发掘工作相对匮乏。达雷尔·克里尔（Darrell Creel，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校）曾主持该遗址的测绘工作。