- Historic Pitcher, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Plainware pitcher with a round base and vertical strap handle. Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, describes this vessel as probably nineteenth or early twentieth century Zuni. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Red Mesa Black-on-white Jar
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (A.D. 850 – 1100) Description: Jar with opposed vertical handles at the neck. Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, identified this jar as an early Red Mesa Black-on-white. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Red Mesa Black-on-white Jar, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan (A.D. 850 – 1100) Description: Jar with opposed vertical handles at the neck. Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, identified this jar as an early Red Mesa Black-on-white. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Zuni Bowl
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Plainware bowl with a polished exterior; identified by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, as probably nineteenth or early twentieth century Zuni. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Zuni Bowl, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Plainware bowl with a polished exterior; identified by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, as probably nineteenth or early twentieth century Zuni. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Zuni Blackware Jar
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Globular grayware jar with a short flared neck and three-element vertical handle. Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, identified this jar as historic Zuni blackware. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Zuni Blackware Jar, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Globular grayware jar with a short flared neck and three-element vertical handle. Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, identified this jar as historic Zuni blackware. Provenience: In or near El Morro National Monument. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Zuni Bowl
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Restored Ashiwi Polychrome bowl (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this bowl has a Zuni feather design on the exterior – perhaps early twenthieth century. Commenting on the catalog provenience of Kawkina, she says the feathers are wrong, and that this is probably a recent replica effort. Red paint is usually earlier, but the design is wrong. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as historic Zuni. Provenience: Kwakina (presumably); see Barbara Mills’ comment above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Zuni Bowl, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Restored Ashiwi Polychrome bowl (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this bowl has a Zuni feather design on the exterior – perhaps early twenthieth century. Commenting on the catalog provenience of Kawkina, she says the feathers are wrong, and that this is probably a recent replica effort. Red paint is usually earlier, but the design is wrong. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as historic Zuni. Provenience: Kwakina (presumably); see Barbara Mills’ comment above. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fillet-Rim Jar
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Fillet-Rim Jar, Rim Detail
Cultural Period: Native American, Period Unknown Description: Blackened thick-walled jar with a rounded base and flat bottom, decorated with a fillet around the rim; scraping marks are generally parallel to the base (catalog description). The jar has been mended at the rim. The fillet-rim is common to many Navajo utilitarian wares, suggesting this vessel may date as recently as the 1800s. Provenience: Pinnawa, Cache Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Heshotauthla Polychrome Bowl
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Repaired Heshotauthla Polychrome bowl with black-on-red interior and white-on-red exterior; identified to type by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology. Dimensions: DIAM 29.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Heshotauthla Polychrome Bowl, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Repaired Heshotauthla Polychrome bowl with black-on-red interior and white-on-red exterior; identified to type by Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology. Dimensions: DIAM 29.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Historic Acoma Jar, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Historic, Native American Description: Acoma jar with a black-on-white exterior and red around the base. The designs are faded, and the pot has been restored. Provenience: Originally purchased from a private collection by Stephen T. Mather and later donated to the National Park Service. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. Note: The catalog number displayed is incorrect; this pot is ELMO-285. - Heshotauthla/Pinedale Polychrome
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Pinedale Polychrome bowl with a black-on-red interior and black- and white-on-red exterior (catalog description). Barbara Mills, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, says this is Pinedale-style, but locally made. She says she would need to see the exterior, whether the exterior designs are units or bands (a photo of the exterior was not available at the time Dr. Mills was consulted). According to Dr. Mills, it could be Pinedale Polychrome, although it’s unusual; it’s probably another Heshotauthla. Deborah Huntley, of the Center for Desert Archaeology, identified this bowl as Heshotauthla Polychrome, a type unique to the greater Zuni region, including the El Morro Valley. Dimensions: H 12.0, DIAM 29.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Rm 2, Lower Fill (3 sherds from upper fill). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.