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FIELDIANA    •    ANTHROPOLOGY 

Published  by 
CHICAGO    NATURAL   HISTORY    MUSEUM 

Volume  36  January  10,  1956  No.  7 


LATE   MOGOLLON   POTTERY  TYPES 
OF  THE   RESERVE  AREA 

John  B,  Rinaldo 
Assistant  Curator,  Archaeology 

AND 

Elaine  A.  Bluhm 

Assistant,  Archaeology 
INTRODUCTION 

The  classification  of  pottery  excavated  in  the  Reserve  area  of 
west  central  New  Mexico  by  the  Chicago  Natural  History  Museum 
Southwest  Archaeological  Expeditions  during  the  last  six  years  has 
resulted  in  the  distinction  of  some  eight  types  which  have  hitherto 
been  only  incompletely  and  indefinitely  described.  Although  we, 
who  were  doing  the  classifying,  carried  in  mind  a  general  idea  of  each 
of  these,  we  hesitated  to  describe  them  until  their  existence  as  types 
had  been  confirmed  by  a  sufficient  number  of  sherds  and  some 
complete  vessels.  We  were  particularly  hesitant  over  the  seven 
brown  ware  types  because  they  had  been  mentioned  by  Nesbitt 
(1938,  pp.  139-140)  as  falling  within  the  two  types.  Upper  Gila 
Corrugated  and  Reserve  Polychrome. 

As  a  result  of  this  circumspection,  compilation  and  publication 
of  the  descriptions  which  appear  below  were  delayed  for  some  time. 
These  descriptions  received  their  first  real  impetus  from  the  appear- 
ance in  mimeograph  form  of  A  Check  hist  of  Southwestern  Pottery 
Types,  compiled  by  Dr.  Harold  S.  Colton  of  the  Museum  of  Northern 
Arizona.  Included  in  this  list  were  a  number  of  types  which  had 
hitherto  been  inadequately  described  and  it  was  suggested  that  we 
describe  those  with  which  we  were  most  familiar.  We  acknowledge 
here  the  stimulus  which  Dr.  Colton's  paper  gave  to  us.  Dr.  Paul 
S.  Martin  gave  us  more  immediate  and  practical  help,  advice  and 
encouragement  in  the  preparation  and  final  publication  of  these 
descriptions  and  for  this  we  are  very  grateful. 
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The  whole  vessels  and  sherds  analyzed  for  this  report  came  from 
Wet  Leggett  Pueblo,  Three  Pines  Pueblo,  South  Leggett  Pueblo 
(Martin  and  Rinaldo,  1950b)  and  Oak  Springs  Pueblo  (Martin, 
Rinaldo,  and  Antevs,  1949)  in  the  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico; 
Tularosa  Cave,  Cordova  Cave  (Martin,  Rinaldo,  and  others,  1952), 
0  Block  Cave  (Martin,  Rinaldo,  and  Bluhm,  1954),  Apache  Creek 
Pueblo  and  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo  (Martin  and  others,  in  press) 
in  the  Reserve  area;  and  Cosper  Cliff-Dwelling  in  the  Blue  River 
Valley,  Arizona  (Martin,  Rinaldo,  and  Bluhm,  1954),  which  were 
excavated  by  Chicago  Natural  History  Museum  from  1948  to  1953. 
In  addition,  several  whole  vessels  illustrated  here  come  from  Chicago 
Natural  History  Museum  collections  from  San  Cosmos  and  Round 
Valley,  Arizona,  and  from  unknown  locations  in  New  Mexico. 

The  majority  of  the  raw  data  on  which  these  descriptions  are 
based  was  assembled  by  Mrs.  Marilyn  Corcoran,  and  we  wish  to 
offer  our  thanks  for  help  so  ably  and  graciously  extended.  These 
data  on  the  physical  descriptions  were  checked,  analyzed,  and  com- 
piled primarily  by  Elaine  Bluhm,  with  some  assistance  from  the 
senior  author.  The  data  on  the  temporal  and  geographical  dis- 
tributions of  the  types  were  gathered  by  the  senior  author  from  the 
excavation  and  survey  data  of  the  several  Chicago  Natural  History 
Museum  Southwestern  Archaeological  Expeditions,  and  additional 
data  for  Tularosa  White-on-Red  and  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated 
were  gathered  from  charts  prepared  by  Dr.  E.  B.  Danson  for  his 
doctoral  dissertation.  An  Archaeological  Survey  of  West  Central 
New  Mexico  and  East  Central  Arizona.  We  appreciate  his  making 
these  data  available.  We  are  also  indebted  to  Mr.  James  Barter 
for  criticizing  the  following  discussion  and  suggesting  certain  im- 
provements in  the  accompanying  chart.  Mr.  Philip  Young  traced 
the  map  shown  in  figure  52. 

DISCUSSION 

Most  of  the  pottery  types  of  the  Mimbres  drainage  and  those 
of  the  Upper  San  Francisco  are  essentially  the  same  before  about 
A.D.  1100  and  become  somewhat  differentiated  after  that;  yet  they 
remain  essentially  Mogollon  in  character.  Because  of  these  unusual 
circumstances,  the  pottery  types  described  here  take  on  added 
significance.  They  also  have  more  value  and  meaning  in  archae- 
ological studies  of  the  region  because  their  sequence  of  typological 
development  has  been  confirmed  by  the  stratigraphy  in  Tularosa 
and  0  Block  caves  and  by  the  horizontal  (or  dwelling-by-dwelling) 
seriation  of  other  sites  in  the  area. 


Fig.  52.    Map  showing  location  of  Pine  Lawn  Valley  and  late  Mogollon  sites. 

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The  analysis  and  description  of  these  pottery  types  have  brought 
into  sharper  focus  the  picture  of  relationships  between  all  the  pottery 
types  of  the  Reserve  area.  They  have  shown  clearly  that  the  vast 
majority  of  types  (the  only  major  exceptions  being  Reserve  Black- 
on-White  and  Tularosa  Black-on-White),  represent  a  concatenation 
of  variations  on  a  very  few  basic  types.  We  have  tried  to  show  this 
in  a  broad  way  by  the  accompanying  chart  (fig.  53),  which  illustrates 
the  antecedents  and  relationships  of  the  brown  ware  types  in  the 
area.  The  textured  or  tooled  and  corrugated  types  described  here 
are  all  quite  clearly  related  to  their  antecedent  plain  and  textured 
types. 

Reserve  Plain  Corrugated,  for  example,  is  simply  a  late  varia- 
tion, with  narrower  fillets,  of  Three  Circle  Neck  Corrugated,  which 
in  turn  harks  back  in  the  same  way  to  Alma  Neck  Banded  and  more 
basically  to  Alma  Plain  and  Alma  Rough.  Moreover,  the  tradition 
of  texturing  the  surface  by  incising  and  punching  observed  in  Alma 
Incised  and  Alma  Punched  (Haury,  1936,  pp.  39-40)  was  carried 
on  in  the  surface  treatment  of  the  lowest  coil  of  Three  Circle  Neck 
Corrugated  (Haury,  1936,  p.  36),  and  later  in  the  decoration  of 
Reserve  Incised  Corrugated  and  Reserve  Punched  Corrugated. 
In  both  these  types  the  designs  are  applied  on  what  is  essentially 
a  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated  base.  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated  is 
probably  antecedent  to  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  and  the 
combination  of  the  two  techniques  of  plain  corrugation  and  inden- 
tation reaches  its  apogee  in  certain  examples  of  Tularosa  Patterned 
Corrugated.  This  close  typological  relationship  is  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  Nesbitt  (1938,  pp.  139-140)  classified  Reserve  Plain  Cor- 
rugated, Reserve  Incised  Corrugated,  Reserve  Punched  Corrugated 
and  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated  all  under  Upper  Gila  Cor- 
rugated. Their  distinction  as  significant  chronological  variations 
came  later  with  the  excavation  of  sites  intermediate  in  time  between 
Nesbitt's  "pithouse"  and  "pueblo"  periods  and  with  longer  strati- 
graphic  series. 

Two  other  types  described  below — Tularosa  White-on-Red  and 
Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated — were  once  included  under  the 
single  type,  Reserve  Polychrome  (Nesbitt,  1938,  p.  139).  It  was 
later  recognized  that  these  constitute  two  distinct,  significant 
variations  (Martin,  Rinaldo,  and  Antevs,  1949,  p.  188).  The  term 
"Reserve  Polychrome"  is  now  considered  to  be  a  misnomer  (Danson, 
1952)  and  the  name  "Tularosa  White-on-Red"  has  been  substituted 
for  this  type  of  pottery  (Martin,  Rinaldo,  and  Bluhm,  1954,  p.  53). 


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154  FIELDIANA:  ANTHROPOLOGY,  VOLUME  36 

These  pottery  types  also  have  their  roots  in  Mogollon  tradition. 
Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated  is  related  on  the  one  hand  to 
Reserve  Smudged  and  on  the  other  hand  to  Mimbres  Bold  Face 
Black-on-White.  Essentially  it  represents  the  application  of  Mo- 
gollon designs  in  a  fugitive  paint  (probably  white),  to  the  interiors 
of  Reserve  Smudged  bowls.  In  a  similar  fashion  Tularosa  White- 
on-Red  represents  the  application  of  Mogollon  designs  in  a  white 
paint  (sometimes  fugitive)  to  the  exteriors  of  Tularosa  Fillet  Rim 
bowls.  When  this  relationship  is  traced  back,  Tularosa  Fillet  Rim 
is  found  to  represent  the  addition  of  a  fillet  decorated  rim  to  Reserve 
Smudged  bowls,  and  Reserve  Smudged  is  essentially  a  late  interior 
smudged  variation  of  Alma  Plain.  If  the  relationship  is  traced  up, 
toward  a.d.  1250  it  may  be  seen  that  occasionally  the  designs  on 
Tularosa  White-on-Red  are  in  the  Anasazi  design  vocabulary,  and 
that  a  similar  relationship  between  St.  Johns  Polychrome  and 
Tularosa  White-on-Red  is  evident  in  the  similarity  in  the  exterior 
designs,  and  to  a  certain  extent  in  the  shapes  of  the  bowls.  In 
a  sense,  St.  Johns  Polychrome  is  a  late  variation  of  Tularosa  White- 
on-Red  with  black  on  red  decorated  interiors  rather  than  polished 
smudged  interiors.  In  another  sense,  because  the  interior  black  on 
red  designs  of  St.  Johns  Polychrome  are  derived  from  Wingate 
Black-on-Red,  it  is  also  a  late  variation  of  Wingate  Black-on-Red 
with  a  Tularosa  White-on-Red  exterior  design  and  shape. 

The  surface  treatments  mentioned  above  of  incising,  punching, 
polishing,  smudging,  scoring,  and  neck  banding  have  been  character- 
ized repeatedly  as  Mogollon  rather  than  Anasazi  (Haury,  1936, 
p.  44;  1940,  pp.  93-95).  Their  prior  occurrence  in  Mogollon  pottery- 
making  has  been  confirmed  recently  by  carbon  14  dates  from 
Tularosa  Cave  and  tree-ring  dates  from  Turkey  Foot  Ridge.  Fur- 
thermore, these  techniques  have  a  greater  frequency  both  early  and 
late  in  the  Mogollon  area,  a  fact  which  may  not  prove  anything 
but  at  least  argues  strongly  for  their  prior  occurrence  there.  Whether 
these  techniques  had  their  ultimate  origin  to  the  south  in  Mexico, 
or  to  the  southeast  as  originally  postulated  by  Haury  (1936,  pp. 
45-46)  remains  to  be  determined. 

On  the  whole,  one  also  senses  a  more  closely  integrated  craft 
among  the  Mogollon  than  among  the  Anasazi.  The  Mogollon 
painted-decorated  types  seem  more  closely  related  to  the  plain  ware 
types;  for  example,  San  Francisco  Red  and  San  Lorenzo  Red-on- 
Brown  seem  closely  related  and  so  do  Reserve  Smudged  and  Stark- 
weather Smudged  Decorated,  Tularosa  Fillet  Rim  and  Tularosa 


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White-on-Red.  Such  combinations  occur  among  the  Anasazi  types 
(Mancos  Black-on-White  with  indented  corrugated  exterior,  for 
example) ,  but  they  occur  so  rarely  as  to  seem  accidental  rather  than 
consistent  variations.  Quite  to  the  contrary,  there  is  a  sharp  dis- 
tinction in  Anasazi  pottery  between  the  unpolished  and  textured, 
or  corrugated,  types  and  the  polished  painted  decorated  types  that 
occur  rarely  among  the  Mogollon  types.  These  differences  exist 
between  Mogollon  utilitarian  and  painted  types,  particularly  in 
later  times,  but  even  then  there  are  many  intermediate  types  that 
create  the  impression  of  a  closely  knit  technology. 

Reserve  Black-on-White  and  Tularosa  Black-on-White  are 
exceptions  in  this  group  of  related  ceramics  because  they  are  painted 
types  of  northern  derivation  and  are  not  genetically  related  to  the 
brown  ware  types  described  herein.  Reserve  Black-on-White  was 
described  by  Rinaldo  in  an  earlier  report  (Martin  and  Rinaldo,  1950b, 
pp.  502-503).  Although  Tularosa  Black-on-White  has  been  de- 
scribed before  (Gladwin,  1931,  pp.  32-35;  Colton  and  Hargrave, 
1937,  pp.  240-241;  Nesbitt,  1938,  p.  139),  we  have  included  it  here 
because  we  feel  that  the  large  documented  collections  of  sherds  and 
whole  vessels  and  purchased  collections  (1894  and  1901)  of  340  whole 
vessels  at  Chicago  Natural  History  Museum  indicate  that  current 
definitions  are  in  need  of  modification.  Even  though  it  was  Anasazi- 
inspired,  we  believe  that  Tularosa  Black-on-White  was  locally  made 
and  perhaps  influenced  by  local  techniques.  Eventually,  it,  too, 
might  have  been  integrated  with  the  local  pattern  had  not  the 
Tularosa  drainage  been  abandoned  at  the  end  of  the  Tularosa 
Phase. 

Description  of  Pottery 

Reserve  Plain  Corrugated 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  brown;  ranges  from  pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and  black 

(Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  5A10,  8C9). 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 
Fracture:  moderately  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of 

temper. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.4  to  1.0  cm.,  average  0.7. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  light  pinkish 
orange  and  grayish  red  to  gray-brown  and  dark  gray  (Maerz  and  Paul  4A8, 
5A9,  6F9,  15A7,  7A9,  8C9). 


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Fig.  54.  Pottery  sherds,  a,  d-i,  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated;  h,  Reserve  Plain 
Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety,  Tularosa  variant;  c,  Reserve  Plain  Cor- 
rugated, Smudged  Interior  Variety.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


Exterior  finish  (fig.  54):  plain  corrugated,  not  indented;  evenly  spaced  cor- 
rugations spiral  around  vessel.  Coils  usually  stand  out  from  surface;  very 
rarely  they  are  smoothed  or  flattened  slightly.  Coiling  usually  begins  1  to  3 
cm.  below  the  rim,  occasionally  corrugations  begin  at  rim.  Corrugations: 
2  to  9  per  2  cm.,  average  5. 

Interior  color:  usually  medium  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  light  tan  through 
dark  brown  to  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  11E7,  12B6,  14A7,  15C9). 


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Interior  finish:  usually  poorly  smoothed,  often  rough;  few  smoothing  marks 
show.    Occasionally  surface  is  smooth  but  not  polished. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars  and  bowls.    Few  whole  vessels  available  for  measurement. 
Jars:  usually  wide-mouthed,  with  plain  out-flaring  rims. 

Maximum  diameter  across  body;  rim  diameters  of  whole  vessels  and  sherds 

vary  from  10  to  26  cm.    Small  jar  with  rim  diameter  of  10.0  cm.  has  maximum 

diameter  of  14.0  cm.,  height  of  12.7  cm.  (fig.  55). 
Bowls:  straight-sided  or  slightly  in-  or  out-curving. 

Diameters  from  sherds  vary  from  16  to  22  cm. 

< JARS ><-BOWLS^ 

Fig.  55.    Rim  forms  of  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated  jars  and  bowls. 

Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Blue 
River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River,  Apache  Creek,  northwest  to  Springer- 
ville. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Reserve  and  Tularosa  Phases,  Pueblo  II  and  III. 

Time:  ca.  a.d.  1000  to  1200. 

Reserve  Plain  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown  with  black  near  smudged  surface;  ranges 
from  beige  and  tan  to  dark  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  6A10, 
15E10). 
Temper:  same  as  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated. 
Fracture:  same  as  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.5  to  1.0  cm.,  average  0.65. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  tan  to  dark 
brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  13B4,  13A6,  14C7,  16A7). 

Exterior  finish:  plain  corrugated,  not  indented;  evenly  spaced  corrugations 
spiral  around  vessel.  Sometimes  corrugations  are  rubbed  over  to  smooth 
edges  of  coils.  Corrugations:  3  to  10  per  2  cm.,  average  5.  In  Tularosa 
variant  corrugations  are  narrow,  toward  upper  end  of  range;  top  two  or 
three  rows  of  corrugations  sometimes  indented  resembling  fillet  on  Tularosa 
Fillet  Rim  bowls. 

Interior  color:  black,  smudged,  dull  to  glossy;  rarely  iridescent  black. 


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Interior  finish:  smoothed  and  polished  with  smudged  finish;  occasional  crackle 
finish. 

Vessel  Shapes:  bowls  with  straight  or  slightly  in-  or  out-curving  rims.  Diameters 
from  sherds  and  whole  vessels  11  to  22  cm.;  depths  of  whole  vessels  5.5  to 
8.5  cm.;  usually  depth  is  less  than  diameter  (figs.  56,  57). 

Range  of  Distribution:  same  as  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated. 

Stages  and  Phases:  same  as  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated. 

Time:  ca.  a.d.  1050  to  1200. 


Fig.  56.  Rim  forms  of  Reserve  Plain 
Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 
bowls. 


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Fig.  57.  Vessels,  a.  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety, 
Tularosa  variant  bowl  (cat.  no.  74970);  Round  Valley,  Arizona;  height  11.4  cm., 
diameter  23.4  cm.  b,  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  21327);  New  Mexico; 
height  12.5  cm.,  diameter  14.0  cm.  c,  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated,  Smudged 
Interior  Variety  bowl  (cat.  no.  74965);  Round  Valley,  Arizona;  height  8.5  cm., 
diameter  15.9  cm.  d,  Reserve  Plain  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety  bowl 
(cat.  no.  74931);  Round  Valley,  Arizona;  height  5.4  cm.,  diameter  11.5  cm. 


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Reserve  Indented  Corrugated 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown;  ranges  from  yellowish  tan  and  reddish  tan 

through  brown  and  gray-brown  to  dark  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul 

14C8,  13A9,  7A8,  8J7). 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular.    More  temper 

per  sherd  in  Hinkle  Park  Cliff-Dwelling  than  other  Reserve  area  sites  may 

indicate  sandier  clay. 
Fracture:  moderately  crumbling,  depending  on  amount  of  temper  and  firing. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.4  to  1.2  cm.,  average  0.7. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  pinkish  tan 
and  light  tan  to  dull  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  12A2,  6A10,  8C6). 

Exterior  finish  (fig.  58) :  corrugated,  finger  indented,  usually  at  regular  intervals; 
surface  corrugations  frequently  slightly  smoothed  to  flatten  peaks  of  inden- 
tations. Rarely  coils  are  almost  obliterated  with  smoothing.  Corrugations: 
3  to  10  per  2  cm.,  average  5.2.   Indentations:  1.5  to  4.5  per  2  cm.,  average  2.8. 

Interior  color:  usually  medium  brown;  ranges  from  light  pinkish  tan  to  black 
(Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  8A3). 

Interior  surface  finish:  carelessly  smoothed  to  smooth,  sometimes  rough. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars,  bowls,  and  rarely  double  vessel  with  jar  top  set  into  bowl 
bottom,  bowl  overlapping  at  seam,  edge  of  bowl  finished  before  placing  jar  top. 
Jars:  usually  wide-mouthed,  with  out-flaring  rim;  rim  usually  plain;  corrugation 
begins  1  to  2  cm.  below  rim,  although  sometimes  corrugations  extend  to  rim. 
Height  of  whole  and  reconstructed  vessels  varies  from  5.9  to  28.0  cm.;  max- 
imum diameter  from  6.7  to  35.5  cm.  (fig.  59). 
Bowls:  usually  straight-sided  or  slightly  out-curving.     Diameters,  measured 
from  sherds,  vary  from  18  to  24  cm. 

Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Blue 
River,  Tularosa  River,  Apache  Creek,  possibly  northwest  to  Springerville. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Reserve  and  Tularosa  Phases,  Pueblo  II  and  III. 

Time:  ca.  a.d.  1050-1250. 

Reserve  Indented  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  brown,  changing  to  black  near  smudged 
surface;  ranges  from  yellowish  tan  through  brown  and  gray-brown  to  dark 
brown  and  black;  larger  percentage  of  sherds  have  black  core  all  the  way 
through  than  in  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  (Maerz  and  Paul  14C8,  13A9, 
7A8,  8J7). 

Temper:  same  as  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated. 

Fracture:  same  as  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated. 

Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.4  to  1.0  cm.,  average  0.7. 


Fig.  58.    Pottery  sherds,    a,  c,  h,  I,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated,  Smudged 
Interior  Variety;  b,  d-g,  i-k,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


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Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  orange  pink  through 
brown  and  gray  brown  to  black,  occasional  fire  clouds  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9, 
13A6,  8C8). 

Exterior  finish:  corrugated,  finger-indented  at  regular  intervals;  sometimes 
smoothed  over  corrugations,  removing  peaks  of  indentations  and  giving 
general  dull  polished  effect.  Other  sherds  unaltered  after  indentation.  Cor- 
rugations: 2.5  to  8  per  2  cm.,  average  5.4.  Indentations:  1.5  to  4  per  2  cm., 
average  3.0. 


-JARS- 


^(— BOWLS— * 


Fig.  59.    Rim  forms  of  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  jars  and  bowls. 


< ^JARS- 


■BOWLS- 


FlG.  60.    Rim  forms  of   Reserve   Indented   Corrugated,   Smudged   Interior 
Variety  jars  and  bowls. 


Interior  color:  black;  dull  polished  smudged,  smooth  to  glossy,  occasionally 

iridescent. 
Interior  surface  finish:  smooth  to  satiny  smooth,  some  crackle  finish;  polishing 
streaks  can  occasionally  be  seen. 
Vessel  Shapes:  usually  bowls,  although  occasionally  neck  of  jar  is  smudged.    One 
double  vessel  with  jar  top  set  into  bowl  bottom,  with  bowl  overlapping  at  seam, 
edge  of  bowl  finished  before  placing  jar  top. 

Bowls:  straight-sided  to  outflaring,  occasionally  incurved  sides,  one  double- 
flared  bowl.     Height  of  whole  and  restored  vessels  varies  from  6.4  to  10.4 
cm.;  diameters  of  whole  vessels  and  sherds  vary  from  12.4  to  24.0  cm. 
Jars:  wide-mouthed  (figs.  60-62). 
Range  of  Distribution:  same  as  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated. 
Stages  and  Phases:  same  as  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated, 
Time:  same  as  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated. 


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Fig.  61.  Jars,  a,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  207688);  Three 
Pines  Pueblo,  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico;  height  27.1  cm.,  diameter  25.4 
cm.  b,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  263595);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo, 
New  Mexico;  height  26.4  cm.,  diameter  30.5  cm.  c,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated 
jar  (cat.  no.  262609);  Cosper  Cliff-Dwelling,  Arizona;  height  20.0  cm.,  diameter 
25.0  cm.  d,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  21357);  New  Mexico; 
height  14.5  cm.,  diameter  18.5  cm. 


Reserve  Punched  Corrugated 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown;  ranges  from  pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and 

black  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  5A10,  8C9). 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 


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Fig.  62.  Vessels,  a,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Vari- 
ety bowl  (cat.  no.  262629);  Cosper  Cliff-Dwelling,  Arizona;  height  10.5  cm., 
diameter  18.5  cm.  b,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 
bowl  (cat.  no.  260661);  Tularosa  Cave,  New  Mexico;  height  9.0  cm.,  diameter 
15.9  cm.  c,  Reserve  Indented  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety  bowl 
(cat.  no.  21317);  New  Mexico;  height  6.4  cm.,  diameter  12.4  cm.  d,  Reserve 
Indented  Corrugated  miniature  jar  (cat.  no.  21336);  New  Mexico;  height  5.7 
cm.,  diameter  6.5  cm. 


Fracture:  moderately  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of 
temper. 

Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.5  to  0.7  cm.,  average  0.6. 
Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  brown  tan 
to  dull  brownish  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  13B6,  15C6,  8L11). 

Exterior  finish  (fig.  63):  plain  corrugated,  not  indented;  evenly  spaced  cor- 
rugations spiral  around  vessel;  rows  of  punch  marks  in  geometric  patterns. 

Design:  diagonal  lines,  diamonds,  rows  of  chevrons,  square  spiral. 

Interior  color:  usually  medium  brown;  ranges  from  tan  to  orange  brown  to  dull 
black  (Maerz  and  Paul  13B6,  15A6,  15C6,  8E9). 

Interior  finish :  somewhat  smooth  to  poorly  and  carelessly  smoothed. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars,  usually  wide-mouthed  with  out-fiaring  rims.     Maximum 
diameters  of  whole  and  restored  vessels  vary  from  13.1  to  18.2  cm.;  rim  diameters 


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Fig.  63.    Reserve  Punched  Corrugated  potsherds.    Scale  in  centimeters. 

of  vessels  and  sherds  11.0  to  14.0  cm.;  height  of  vessels  11.0  to  16.8  cm.  (figs. 

64,  65). 
Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River 

and  Apache  Creek,  north  and  east  to  Jewett  Gap. 
Stages  and  Phases:  Reserve  and  Tularosa  Phases,  Pueblo  II  and  III. 
Time:  ca.  A.D.  1000  to  1150. 


Reserve  Incised  Corrugated 
Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown;  ranges  from  pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and 
black  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  5A10,  8C9). 


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Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 

Fracture:  moderately  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of 

temper. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.4  to  1.0  cm.,  average  0.6. 
Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  grayed 
orange  to  dark  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  6A9,  15A3,  8E4,  8C9). 


Fig.  64.    Rim  forms  of  Reserve  Punched 
Corrugated  jars. 


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Fig.  65.  Jars,  a,  Reserve  Punched  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  263492);  Higgins 
Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  11.0  cm.,  diameter  13.0  cm.  h,  Reserve  Punched 
Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  73734);  New  Mexico;  height  17.8  cm.,  diameter  18.2  cm. 


Exterior  finish  (fig.  66):  plain  corrugated,  not  indented;  evenly  spaced  cor- 
rugations spiral  around  vessel,  corrugations  occasionally  slightly  smoothed 
over.  Corrugations:  2.5  to  6  per  2  cm.,  average  4.  Sometimes  corrugations 
and  design  on  neck  of  jar  only,  body  plain.  Incised  decoration  over  cor- 
rugations. 

Design:  made  by  incised  lines,  varying  from  0.15  to  0.4  cm.  in  width,  and 
wedge-shape  to  round-concave  in  cross  section.  Designs  consist  of  parallel 
straight  lines,  diagonal  and  intersecting  lines,  nested  triangles,  alternating 


Fig.  66.    Reserve  Incised  Corrugated  potsherds.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


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hatched  triangles,  cross-hatching,  stepped  elements,  zigzags,  rectilinear 
patterns.    Rare  cases  of  incised  corrugation  with  punch  design  also. 

Interior  color:  usually  medium  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  light  orangish 
yellow  to  dull  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  4A9,  6E10,  15A5,  8E8). 

Interior  finish:  smooth  to  poorly  smoothed. 


Fig.  68.    Rim  form  of  Re- 

FiG.  67.    Rim  forms  of  Re-  serve    Incised    Corrugated, 

serve  Incised  Corrugated  jars.  Smudged  Interior  Variety  jar. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars,  usually  wide-mouthed  with  plain  out-flaring  rims  and  rounded 

lips.    Maximum  diameter  9.0  to  28.8  cm.;  rim  diameter  7.5  to  22.5  cm.;  height 

7.7  to  33.7  cm.  (fig.  67). 
Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River 

and  Apache  Creek,  north  and  east  to  Jewett  Gap  and  northwest  to  upper 

Little  Colorado  River. 
Stages  and  Phases:  late  Three  Circle  Phase(?),  Reserve  and  early  Tularosa  Phases, 

Pueblo  II. 
Time:  ca.  A.D.  950  to  1125. 

Reserve  Incised  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 
Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  medium  brown  changing  to  black  near  smudged  surface; 
ranges  from  pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9, 
5A10,  8C9). 

Temper:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 

Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 
Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 

Exterior  finish:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 

Design:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 

Interior  color:  black,  smudged,  dull  to  smooth  and  glossy. 

Interior  finish:  smooth  to  satiny  smooth,  occasional  crackle  finish. 
Vessel  Shapes:  no  whole  vessels  found,  only  occasional  sherds.    Probably  mostly 

bowl  fragments;  one  wide-mouthed  jar  neck  with  rim  diameter  of  13  cm.  (figs. 

68,  69). 
Range  of  Distribution:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 
Stages  and  Phases:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 
Time:  same  as  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated. 


Fig.  69.  Jars,  a,  Fragment  of  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated,  Smudged  In- 
terior Variety  jar;  Wet  Leggett  Pueblo,  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico;  height 
12.0  cm.,  diameter  16.7  cm.  b,  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  207687); 
Wet  Leggett  Pueblo,  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico;  height  34.6  cm.,  diameter 
29.0  cm.  c.  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  262610);  Cosper  Cliff -Dwell- 
ing, Arizona;  height  12.5  cm.,  diameter  12.5  cm.  d,  Reserve  Incised  Corrugated 
miniature  jar  (cat.  no.  207694);  Wet  Leggett  Pueblo,  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New 
Mexico;  height  8.1  cm.,  diameter  9.2  cm. 


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Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated 
Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  brown;  ranges  from  pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and  black 

(Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  5A10,  8C9). 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 
Fracture:  moderately  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of 

temper. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.5  to  0.9  cm.,  average  0.7. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  medium  to  dark  brown;  range  from  grayed  orange  to 
black  (Maerz  and  Paul  13B6,  6A9,  15A5,  8A9). 

Exterior  finish  (fig.  70) :  plain  corrugated  body,  occasionally  slightly  smoothed 
over  corrugations  to  remove  sharp  edges;  geometric  patterns  produced  by 
indented  corrugated  areas.  Some  vessels  where  neck  is  patterned  corrugated, 
body  is  smooth;  one  example  with  plain  corrugated  neck,  indented  cor- 
rugated body. 

Designs:  chevron,  diamond  and  square  spiral.  Reserve  variant  designs  are 
alternate  rows  or  alternate  bands  of  several  rows  of  plain  and  indented  cor- 
rugated coils. 

Interior  color:  usually  medium  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  light  orange  and 
pinkish  gray  to  dull  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  6A7,  13B6,  8A9,  6A7,  15A7). 

Interior  finish:  fairly  smooth  to  rough;  some  polishing  marks  show. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars,  usually  wide-mouthed  with  plain  out-flaring  rims  with  rounded 
lips.  Maximum  diameters  of  whole  and  restorable  vessels  12.6  to  33.4  cm.; 
rim  diameters  6.5  to  20.0  cm.;  heights  10.5  to  30.0  cm.  (fig.  71). 

Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Blue 
River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River,  Apache  Creek. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Reserve  and  Tularosa  Phases,  Pueblo  III. 

Time:  ca.  a.d.  1050  to  1250. 

Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  brown,  changing  to  black  near  smudged  surface;  ranges  from 

pinkish  tan  to  dark  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  5A9,  5A10,  8C9). 
Temper:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Fracture:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Exterior  finish:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Designs:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 


Fig.  70.    Pottery  sherds,  a-c,  f,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Smudged 
Interior  Variety;  d,  e,  g-j,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


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Interior  color:  black;  ranges  from  grayish  black  to  black  (Maerz  and  Paul 

15A7). 
Interior  finish:  smoothed,  almost  glossy  smudged  black. 

Vessel  Shapes:  bowls,  straight-sided  or  with  slightly  in-  or  out-curving  rims. 
Diameters  of  whole  vessels  and  sherds  14.0  to  22.3  cm.,  heights  of  whole  vessels 
7.2  to  11.7  cm.  (figs.  72,  74). 


cm 


Fig.  72.    Rim    forms    of 

Fig.  71.    Rim  forms  of  Tularosa  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated, 

Patterned  Corrugated  jars.  Smudged  Interior  Variety  bowls. 


Range  of  Distribution:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Stages  and  Phases:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 
Time:  same  as  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated. 

Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated 
Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  brown:  ranges  from  orangish  flesh  color  through  rose  gray 

to  black;  sometimes  light  core  grays  rapidly  toward  black  smudged  surface 

(Maerz  and  Paul  5A8,  14D7,  15A12,  8A8). 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 
Fracture:  somewhat  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of 

temper. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.4  to  0.8  cm.,  average  0.5. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  dark  brown;  ranges  from  beige  to  black,  sometimes 

almost  smudged  (by  accident?)  (Maerz  and  Paul  13A2,  6A9,  5E11,  15E8, 

8C9). 
Exterior  finish:  roughly  smoothed  to  smooth;  a  few  pieces  may  be  polished. 

Occasionally  exterior  of  vessel  is  plain  corrugated  with  edges  of  corrugations 

slightly  smoothed. 
Interior  color:  smudged  black,  with  fine  design. 
Interior   finish    (fig.    75):   smooth   smudged   surface,   occasionally   iridescent. 

Design  is  more  a  matter  of  difference  in  finish  than  of  difference  in  color. 

Pottery  polished  over  paint  before  firing,  and  paint  disappeared   (during 

firing?)  leaving  design  usually  noticed  because  of  contrast  between  polished 

body  of  pot  and  non-polished  painted  area;  result  similar  to  negative  painting. 

Two  sherds  have  design  in  white  paint. 


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Designs  (fig.  76):  geometric  design  of  fine  to  medium  fine  lines,  varying  from 
0.1  to  0.4  cm.  in  width;  usually  parallel  lines,  straight,  zigzag,  or  chevron; 
some  concentric  squares  or  diamonds,  an  occasional  square  spiral,  one  cur- 
vilinear spiral;  solid  triangles  attached  to  lines  rare;  wavy  lines  rare;  one 
example  of  large  dots. 

Vessel  Shapes:  bowls,  with  straight  or  slightly  in-curving  walls,  rounded  lips. 
Diameters  of  whole  and  restorable  vessels  vary  from  12  to  26  cm.,  heights 
8.4  to  10.6  cm.  (figs.  77,  78). 

Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River, 
Apache  Creek,  north  and  east  to  Jewett  Gap. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Reserve  and  Tularosa  Phases,  Pueblo  II  and  III. 

Time:  ca.  A.D.  950  to  1200. 

Tularosa  White-on-Red 
Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  dark  brown;  ranges  from  orange  red  to  dull  black  (Maerz 
and  Paul  6C11,  6B10,  7A9,  8H9).    Some  sherds  black  in  center  of  core  with 
gray  near  edges. 
Temper:  light-colored  sand  grains,  mostly  rounded,  some  angular. 
Fracture:  crumbling  to  sharp,  depending  on  firing  and  amount  of  temper. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.5  to  0.8  cm.,  average  0.7. 

Surface  Features: 

Exterior  color:  usually  red  brown  to  dark  brown;  ranges  from  reddish  orange 
to  dull  brown  and  black  (Maerz  and  Paul  6F11,  7H9,  7A10,  8L4,  8E8). 

Exterior  finish  (fig.  79):  smooth  to  polished  body  of  vessel  with  white  painted 
lines  0.2  to  0.4  cm.  wide.  In  some  cases  paint  has  been  removed  during  or 
after  firing  so  that  painted  area  is  rougher  than  surrounding  surface.  Bowls 
have  fillet  rim,  2  to  3  rows  of  fine  indented  corrugations  0.6  to  1.2  cm.  below 
edge;  corrugated  area  varies  from  0.4  to  1.4  cm.  in  width. 

Designs:  chevrons,  square  spiral,  interlocking  fret,  stepped  lines,  zigzag;  only 
line  design,  no  solid  pattern.  Design  in  broad  horizontal  zone  below  the 
rim  fillet. 


Fig.  73.  Jars,  a,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Reserve  variant  jar  (cat. 
no.  207685);  Wet  Leggett  Pueblo,  Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico;  height 
24.2  cm.,  diameter  24.3  cm.  b,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Reserve  variant 
jar  (cat.  no.  74969);  Round  Valley,  Arizona;  height  13.3  cm.,  diameter  12.9  cm. 
c,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  207686);  Wet  Leggett  Pueblo, 
Pine  Lawn  Valley,  New  Mexico;  height  22.8  cm.,  diameter  24.3  cm.  d,  Tularosa 
Patterned  Corrugated,  Reserve  variant  jar  (cat.  no.  262801);  Hinkle  Park  Cliflf- 
Dwelling,  New  Mexico;  height  21.1  cm.,  diameter  25.3  cm.  e,  Tularosa  Patterned 
Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  263596);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  22.8 
cm.,  diameter  24.0  cm.  /,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated  jar  (cat.  no.  21349); 
New  Mexico;  height  10.7  cm.,  diameter  12.7  cm. 


a 


Fig.  74.  Bowls,  a,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Vari- 
ety, Reserve  variant  bowl  (cat.  no.  21286);  New  Mexico;  height  18.4  cm., 
diameter  22.2  cm.  b,  Tularosa  Patterned  Corrugated,  Smudged  Interior  Variety 
bowl  (cat.  no.  21307);  New  Mexico;  height  7.4  cm.,  diameter,  15.4  cm. 


174 


Fig.  75.    Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated  potsherds. 


175 


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Interior  color:  dark  brownish  black  or  black. 

Interior  finish:  rough  unsmudged  to  glossy  smudged  with  occasional  crackle 
finish. 

Vessel  Shapes:  bowls  with  straight  or  slightly  in-curving  walls  and  straight  or 
slightly  out-flaring  rims.  Diameters  of  whole  and  restored  vessels  18.0  to  26.0 
cm.,  heights  7.3  to  13.9  cm.  (figs.  80,  81). 


Fig.  77.    Rim  forms  of  Starkweather 
Smudged  Decorated  bowls. 


I 


Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Blue 
River  and  tributaries,  north  to  upper  Little  Colorado  River,  Apache  Creek 
and  tributaries. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Tularosa  Phase,  Pueblo  III. 

Time:  ca.  a.d.  1100  to  1200. 

Tularosa  Black-on-White 

Paste: 

Construction:  coiled  and  scraped. 

Core  color:  usually  uniform  white  to  light  gray,  sometimes  darker;  occasionally 

center  of  core  darker  gray  than  edges  (Maerz  and  Paul  15A2  to  8A7). 
Temper:  light-colored  angular  particles,  occasional  darker  particles  included; 

some  sherd  fragments. 
Fracture:  sharp  to  slightly  crumbling,  depending  on  firing  and  thickness  of 

sherd. 
Thickness  of  vessel  walls:  0.3  to  0.6  cm.,  average  0.4. 
Paint:  iron  paint,  dull  black,  occasionally  oxidized  to  dark  red-brown  (Maerz 

and  Paul  8L6,  7H12).     Sub-glaze  paint  occurs  on  less  than  1  per  cent  of 

sherds. 

Surface  Features: 

Jar  exterior,  bowl  interior  color:  usually  white  to  light  gray,  occasionally 
medium  gray  (Maerz  and  Paul  4A1,  14A1,  6A8);  fire  clouds  on  some  jars. 

Jar  exterior,  bowl  interior  finish  (fig.  82):  slipped,  polished  over  slip  with  oc- 
casional dull  streaks  on  surface  which  indicate  imperfect  polish;  crackle 
finish  on  ca.  25  per  cent  of  sherds;  paint  applied  after  polishing. 

Jar  interior  color:  usually  white  to  medium  gray,  occasionally  medium  gray  or 
gray-brown  (Maerz  and  Paul  llAl,  14A1,  7A9,  8C8). 


Fig.  76.    Drawings  of  Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated  potsherds,  showing 
variation  in  design.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


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Fig.  79.    Tularosa  White-on-Red  potsherds.    Scale  in  centimeters. 

Jar  interior  finish:  smoothed,  fine  scraping  marks  on  surface;  temper  inclusions 
occasionally  protrude  through  surface. 

Bowl  exterior  color:  white  to  medium  gray,  slipped  surfaces  lighter  than  un- 
slipj)ed  (Maerz  and  Paul  llAl,  6A7). 

Bowl  exterior  finish:  smoothed,  usually  slipped  and  polished  over  slip;  polishing 
streaks  evident;  occasionally  painted,  paint  applied  after  polishing. 

Design  elements:  interlocking  solid  and  hatched  square  scrolls,  often  with 
terrace  endings,  ca.  16  per  cent;  interlocking  solid  and  hatched  circular 
scrolls,  sometimes  with  terrace  endings,  ca.  14  per  cent;  interconnected 
opposed  solid  terraces  in  diagonal,  whirlwind  or  vertical  bands,  ca.  9  per 
cent;  "plaited"  or  "woven"  bands  of  negative  parallelograms,  parallel  lines 
with  or  without  pendent  dots,  or  negative  zigzag  design,  with  simple  cross- 
hatching  as  fillers,  ca.  4  per  cent;  solid  triangular  scrolls,  ca.  4  per  cent; 
bands  of  opposed  solid  terraced  oblique  lines  separated  by  row  of  hatched 
stepp>ed  squares  or  diamonds,  ca.  4  per  cent;  band  of  diamonds  or  circles 


Fig.  78.  Bowls,  a.  Starkweather  Smudged  Decorated  bowl  (cat.  no.  260660); 
Tularosa  Cave,  New  Mexico;  height  10.5  cm.,  diameter  22.0  cm.  b,  Starkweather 
Smudged  Decorated  bowl  (cat.  no.  263593);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico; 
height  8.0  cm.,  diameter  13.0  cm.    c,  Drawing  of  interior  of  b,  showing  design. 


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filled  with  crosses,  bands  of  parallel  lines  and  stepped  lines,  concentric  bands 
of  negative  parallelograms,  parallel  lines  varying  in  width,  or  cross-hatching, 
sometimes  outlined  with  oblique  terraced  lines,  ca.  4  per  cent.  Other  designs 
include  cribbing,  concentric  rectangles  or  triangles,  bands  of  interlocking 
solid  scrolls,  bands  of  opposed  solid  and  hatched  terraced  lines,  warp  and 
woof  designs  in  square  and  triangular  units,  solid  and  solid-and-hatched 
checkerboard,  horizontal  parallel  zigzag  lines,  vertical  bands  of  diagonal 
squiggle  hatch  and  parallel  lines,  radiating  solid  double  sawtooth  lines, 
chevrons,  etc. 

Fig.  80.    Rim  forms  of  Tularosa  White-on-Red  bowls. 


Comparison:  Tularosa  Black-on-White  designs  differ  from  Reserve  Black-on- 
White  designs  in  several  ways.  The  hatching  in  Tularosa  Black-on-White 
is  usually  longitudinal,  i.e.,  parallel  or  almost  parallel  to  the  framing  lines, 
while  the  Reserve  Black-on-White  hatching  intersects  the  framing  lines  at 
about  a  45  degree  angle.  In  Tularosa  Black-on-White  the  framing  lines  are 
heavier  than  the  hatching  but  in  Reserve  Black-on-White  they  are  about  the 
same.  Hatching  in  Tularosa  Black-on-White  is  also  finer  and  the  lines  are 
closer  together,  but  frequently  the  draftsmanship  is  poor  and  the  hatched 
lines  merge  with  one  another  and  the  hatching  runs  over  the  framing.  Solid 
elements  in  Tularosa  Black-on-White  are  smaller  and  more  compact,  some- 
times giving  the  effect  of  negative  designs;  negative  designs  occur  here  but 
not  in  Reserve  Black-on-White. 

Vessel  Shapes:  jars,  bowls,  pitchers,  ladles,  effigies,  eccentric  and  miniature  forms 
(figs.  83-85). 

Jars:  ca.  12  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Straight  necks,  globular  bodies; 
occasional  specimen  with  long  neck  resembling  Chaco  shape;  few  with  re- 
curved necks;  maximum  diameter  4.4  to  31.9  cm.;  height  4.3  to  27.3  cm. 
Some  jars  with  quadrilobate  globular  bodies;  maximum  diameter  6.9  to  21.4 
cm.;  height  5.0  to  16.5  cm.  Some  small  forms  with  tripartite  bodies;  maximum 
diameter  10.1  to  13.7  cm.;  height  9.8  to  12.9  cm. 

Pitchers:  ca.  46  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Straight  necks,  globular 
bodies,  differing  from  Reserve  Black-on-White  pitchers  in  that  necks  tend 
to  be  shorter  and  bodies  more  globular.  Occasional  specimen  with  quadri- 
lobate body.  Handles  vary;  plain  strap  ca.  48  per  cent;  animal  effigy  strap 
ca.  25  per  cent;  animal  and  bird  effigy  knob  ca.  6  per  cent;  plain  knob  ca. 
11  per  cent;  remainder  twisted  loop,  sprinkler,  or  grooved  strap.  Maximum 
diameter  4.3  to  19.7  cm.;  height  5.3  to  16.8  cm. 

Ladles:  ca.  20  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Usually  have  round  or  oval 
bowl  with  rounded  or  squared  rod  type  handle,  often  with  ears  or  knob  at 
end;  occasionally  handles  are  grooved,  open  on  under  side,  or  rattle  type. 
Maximum  length  5.2  to  29.5  cm.;  diameter  of  bowl  3.5  to  17.0  cm. 


a 


Fig.  81.  Bowls,  a,  Tularosa  White-on-Red  bowl  (cat.  no.  262648);  Cosper 
Cliff-Dwelling,  Arizona;  height  13.3  cm.,  diameter  24.1  cm.  b,  Tularosa  White- 
on-Red  bowl  (cat.  no.  263723);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  7.7  cm., 
diameter  20.9  cm. 


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Fig.  82.    Tularosa  Black-on- White  potsherds.    Scale  in  centimeters. 


182 


Fig.  83.  Vessels,  a,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  bowl  (cat.  no.  74157);  San 
Cosmos,  Arizona;  height  11.3  cm.,  diameter  21.8  cm.  6,  Tularosa  Black-on-White 
pitcher  (cat.  no.  261123);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  14.3  cm., 
diameter  15.5  cm.  c,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  jar  (cat.  no.  263858);  Apache 
Creek  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  23.7  cm.,  diameter  30.3  cm.  d,  Tularosa 
Black-on-White  jar  (cat.  no.  261122);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height 
25.0  cm.,  diameter  27.8  cm.  e,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  jar  (cat.  no.  263591); 
Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height  22.6  cm.,  diameter  28.6  cm.  /,  Tularosa 
Black-on-White  jar  (cat.  no.  263889);  Higgins  Flat  Pueblo,  New  Mexico;  height 
22.9  cm.,  diameter  30.5  cm. 


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Canteens:  ca.  6  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Globular  bodies,  small 
straight  short  necks,  pair  of  small  strap,  loop,  or  knob  handles  high  on  shoul- 
ders.   Diameter  6.5  to  21.6  cm.;  height  7.2  to  17.8  cm. 

Bowls:  ca.  8  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  With  straight  or  out-flaring  walls 
and  straight  or  slightly  flaring  rims.  Maximum  diameter  10.7  to  31.3  cm.; 
height  4.9  to  14.7  cm. 


(I((^'^'i) 


-JARS X BOWLS- 


FiG.  84.    Rim  forms  of  Tularosa  Black-on -White  bowls  and  jars. 


Seed  bowls:  ca.  3  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Globular  bowls  with  in- 
curving rims;  sometimes  specimens  are  made  by  grinding  off  broken  neck 
of  jar  or  pitcher.  Maximum  diameter  16.2  to  22.3  cm.;  height  10.9  to  14.5 
cm. 

Ring  vessels:  ca.  1  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Small  vessels;  body  forms 
ring  with  straight  neck  coming  up  out  of  top  at  one  side;  one  jar  with  strap 
handle.  Maximum  diameter  of  ring  5.6  to  18.0  cm.;  thickness  of  ring  1.7  to 
6.2  cm.;  height  of  vessel  3.8  to  11.3  cm. 

Effigy  vessels:  ca.  4  per  cent  of  purchased  collection.  Jars  and  pitchers  with 
duck-shaped  bodies,  some  with  bilobed  or  trilobed  breast;  a  few  with  modeled 
bills,  others  with  open  neck  and  no  head.  Animal  effigy  jars  have  body 
resembling  duck  form,  and  four  modeled  legs;  one  with  head  resembling 
mountain  sheep  with  ears,  broken  stubs  of  horns,  and  incised  mouth  and 
nostrils.  Height  11.1  to  14.3  cm.;  length  11.4  to  21.2  cm.;  width  7.3  to  16.3 
cm.    Miniature  duck  forms,  length  4.8  to  10.6  cm.;  height  2.3  to  4.8  cm. 

Cup:  single  specimen,  round  bowl  and  strap  handle.  Diameter  12.2  cm.; 
height  7.4  cm. 

Range  of  Distribution:  upper  San  Francisco  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Blue 
River  and  tributaries,  Tularosa  River  and  tributaries,  upper  Little  Colorado 
River  and  tributaries,  upper  Gila  River  and  tributaries.  Traded  to  Rio  Grande 
area,  Hopi  area  and  Flagstaff  region. 

Stages  and  Phases:  Tularosa  Phase,  St.  Johns  Phase,  Pueblo  III. 

Time:  A.D.  about  1100-1250  (estimated  date). 


Fig.  85.  Vessels,  a,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  quadrilobate  pitcher  (cat.  no. 
73674);  San  Cosmos,  Arizona;  height  12.0  cm.,  diameter  17.3  cm.  h,  Tularosa 
Black-on-White  duck  effigy  pitcher  (cat.  no.  21243);  New  Mexico;  height  13.1 
cm.,  width  14.0  cm.,  length  16.9  cm.  c,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  ladle  (cat.  no. 
75082);  Round  Valley,  Arizona;  length  19.9  cm.,  bowl  diameter  10.2  cm.,  bowl 
depth  4.1  cm.  d,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  ring  vessel  (cat.  no.  73967);  San 
Cosmos,  Arizona;  height  7.9  cm.,  diameter  15.3  cm.  e,  Tularosa  Black-on-White 
canteen  (cat.  no.  73915);  San  Cosmos,  Arizona;  height  12.3  cm.,  diameter  13.3 
cm.  /,  Tularosa  Black-on-White  animal  effigy  jar  (cat.  no.  73984)  (legs  restored); 
San  Cosmos,  Arizona;  height  16.4  cm.,  width  9.7  cm.,  length  16.0  cm.  g,  Tularosa 
Black-on-White  jar  with  tripartite  body  (cat.  no.  74997);  Round  Valley,  Arizona; 
height  8.6  cm.,  diameter  11.6  cm. 


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