Ceramic: Mesa Verde Black-on-white, bowl, AZRU1-836

McElmo Black-on-white, bowl, Accession AZRU-00001 Catalog #836. Morris FS 3953. Analyzed by Lori Reed 2011. Vessel is 90% restored with unknown adhesive. Measurements: 22.2 cm orifice diameter, 8.7 cm height. Granular igneous rock temper suggests local production at Aztec Ruin. Image AZRU1-836 A: view of exterior showing repair holes. Image AZRU1-836 B: view of exterior showing design. Image AZRU1-836 C: view of interior showing design. Image AZRU1-836 D: view of interior showing design. Image AZRU1-836 E: closeup of interior design. Image AZRU1-836 F: view of exterior base. Recovered from Earl Morris excavation of Room 150, debris beneath floor, Aztec West Ruin. Earl Morris’ description of Room 150 at the time of excavation is as follows. “It is probable that Room 150 was not a part of the original plan of the pueblo, having been added at a later time. …. the walls are massively and excellently constructed, the northern one containing ornamental bands of dark green stone. The ultimate floor….was hard packed from much use. Upon it in the southwest corner was Burial No 43 and in the northwest, Burial No. 44. In the first foot of fill was some thoroughly decayed refuse and thence upward only wall debris and drifted earth. The pottery from the burials and the sherds from the refuse are of the Mesa Verde complex. Beneath the last floor, artificial material extends more than three feet. In pits cut into it were Burials Nos. 45 and 46. This subfloor fill is composed of wall material and sandy earth containing some refuse and decayed ceiling timbers. …. Parts of the skeletons of one adult and two children were observed. Originally, there were two doorways, one at the center of the north wall, the other similarly situated in the south…." (Morris 1928: 401-402) Reference: Earl Morris, 1928, Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin, Volume XXVI, Part V. See Burial Description in 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. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

麦克埃尔默白底黑彩陶器（McElmo Black-on-white），碗形器，登记号AZRU-00001，目录号836，编号Morris FS 3953。2011年由洛里·里德（Lori Reed）完成分析。该器物已修复90%，修复所用粘合剂种类未知。测量数据：口径22.2厘米，器高8.7厘米。胎土中添加的火成岩颗粒羼和料表明，该器物为阿兹特克遗址（Aztec Ruin）本地生产。
图片AZRU1-836 A：外视图，可见修复孔；图片AZRU1-836 B：外视图，展示器物纹饰；图片AZRU1-836 C：内视图，展示器物纹饰；图片AZRU1-836 D：内视图，展示器物纹饰；图片AZRU1-836 E：内部纹饰特写；图片AZRU1-836 F：器底外视图。
该器物出土于厄尔·莫里斯（Earl Morris）对阿兹特克西遗址（Aztec West Ruin）150号房址的发掘工作，出自房址地板下方的堆积层。
厄尔·莫里斯在发掘时对150号房址的描述如下："150号房址大概率并非普韦布洛（pueblo）原始规划的组成部分，系后期增建。……墙体建造厚重精良，北墙带有暗绿色石料装饰带。最终的居住面经长期使用被充分压实。居住面西南角出土43号墓葬，西北角出土44号墓葬。堆积层最下方1英尺为完全腐朽的废弃物堆积，往上仅存墙体残片与风积土。墓葬出土陶器与废弃物层出土陶片均属于梅萨沃得文化复合体（Mesa Verde complex）。在最上层居住面下方，人工堆积层厚度超过3英尺，其中开挖的坑穴内出土45号与46号墓葬。该居住面下堆积由墙体残料、含部分废弃物与腐朽天花板木构件的沙质土组成。……观察到1名成人与2名儿童的部分骨骼遗存。房址最初设有两处门道，一处位于北墙中部，另一处同样位于南墙中部……"（莫里斯，1928：401-402）
参考文献：厄尔·莫里斯，1928年，《阿兹特克遗址发掘笔记》（Notes on Excavations in the Aztec Ruin），第XXVI卷，第五部分。另见厄尔·莫里斯1924年发表的《阿兹特克遗址与阿兹特克附属遗址墓葬》（Burials in the Aztec Ruin and the Aztec Ruin Annex），载《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》（Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History）第XXVI卷第三、四部分，美国自然历史博物馆，纽约。《美国自然历史博物馆人类学论文集》，纽约。