#454, Utility Unknown from Pruitt

This vessel is an example of Utility 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.

这件实用器出自普鲁伊特牧场遗址（该遗址又称普鲁伊特遗址、普鲁伊特-阿普顿牧场遗址、戈尔曼牧场遗址及厄普顿-泰格纳遗址）。普鲁伊特牧场遗址是一座大型米姆布雷斯（Mimbres）文化村落，坐落于美国新墨西哥州西南部，横跨格兰特县与卢纳县县界。该遗址的年代可追溯至公元550年至1130年之间，文化堆积涵盖晚期棚屋时期与古典时期两个阶段。西蒙斯家族已于近期将普鲁伊特牧场遗址捐赠给美国考古保护协会（Archaeological Conservancy）。20世纪20至30年代，包括贝里·鲍恩（Berry Bowen）博士及其家人、V·F·坦尼奇（V. F. Tannich）与理查德·艾瑟尔（Richard Eisele）在内的当地民众曾对该遗址开展大规模非正式发掘。坦尼奇经手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）。另有大量出土自普鲁伊特遗址的陶碗收藏于多家博物馆及私人藏家手中。目前针对该遗址的专业考古发掘工作仍相对有限，德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（University of Texas, Austin）的达雷尔·克里尔（Darrell Creel）曾主持该遗址的测绘工作。